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John G. Crabtree received his law degree from the University of Florida in 1990. He is board certified in appellate practice by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell. He works in the areas of appellate practice and class action litigation.
Mr. Crabtree is currently the Chair-Elect of The Florida Bar's 1300-member Appellate Practice Section. He served on the Section's Executive Council from 1995-2002, and as the Editor of the Bar's Florida Appellate Practice Guide from 2000-2002. By appointment of the president of the Bar, John served on the Appellate Court Rules Committee from 1996-2002, and chaired the General Subcommittee from 2000-2002. He has chaired the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers' Appellate Practice Section and the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Bar's Family Law Section. He has also lectured and written on appellate and class action issues including "Preparation and Prosecution of Class Action Appeals," at the AFTL June 2001 annual conference, "Who Says Family Law Isn't Appealing: The Record on Appeal and Appendix," for The Florida Bar in Tampa and Miami (December 2000), and "A Short Primer on Class Action Appeals in Florida's State and Federal Courts," published March 2002 in The Record, Journal of the Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar. He has served as a consultant and as an expert witness in the area of appellate practice, and has been retained to give opinion letters on a variety of legal issues.
