Website: www.VocelleBerg.com
Email: BVocelle@VocelleBerg.com
Telephone: (772) 562-8111
Telefax: (772) 562-2870
Main Office
3333 - 20th Street
Vero Beach, FL 32960-2469
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Brevard County Office:
(Melbourne, Vierra, Titusville)
Telephone: (321) 725-3303
321 Sixth Avenue
Indialantic, FL 32902
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St. Lucie County Office:
(Fort Pierce, Port Saint Lucie)
Telephone: (772) 489-0774
102 North second Street
Fort Pierce, FL 34950
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EXPERIENCE:
Concentrated experience in all aspects of civil litigation with emphasis
on cases involving serious injury and death, comercial, business and
construction litigation and insurance coverage litigation.
“AV” rated, Martindale-Hubbell.
EMPLOYMENT:
Vocelle & Berg, LLP, Vero Beach, Florida. Senior Partner.
EDUCATION:
Legal: Florida State University College of Law, J.D. with honors, 1982.
Undergraduate: Wake ForestUniversity, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. BA 1978
COURT ADMISSIONS:
All Florida Courts: 10/29/82
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida: 12/2/82
United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit: 6/16/83
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida General Bar: 11/22/83
Supreme Court of the United States: 2/24/86
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Trial Bar: 3/10/89
Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.
Board Certified Business Litigator, The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.
Certified Circuit Court Arbitrator, Supreme Court of Florida.
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AFFILIATIONS:
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
Florida Trend's Legal Elite-Top Lawyers in Florida (2009)
Super Lawyers of Florida, 2005-Present
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
The Florida Bar (Trial Lawyers' Section)
College of Master Advocates and Barristers (Senior counsel)
American Asscociation for Justice
(f/k/a Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
American Trial Lawyers Association
(f/k/a Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers)
Indian River County Bar Association
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer: 1990 - Present
Florida Bar Board Certified Business Litigation Lawyer: 1996 - Present
Florida Bar Board of Governors: 1995 – 2003
Florida Bar Board of Legal Education and Specialization: 2004-Present
(Chair 2009-2010)
Board of Governors Committees:
Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics and Advertising
(1995, 1997, 1999, 2000)
Certification Plan Appeals Committee (Chairman) (1996- 2000,
2002-2003)
Disciplinary Review Committee (1995, 1998)
Communications Committee (2002)
Rules Committee (1996)
Judicial Evaluation Committee (1996)J
Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee (1998-2003)
Mediation Committee (1998)
Special Committee on Insurance Practices (Vice-Chairman) (1999- 2000)
Special Commission on Insurance Practices II (2001-2002)
Constitutional Revision Committee (Article III and Article V)
Florida Bar Speakers’ Bureau
Grievance Mediation Committee
Florida Bar Board of Governors
Liaison:
Professional Ethics Committee (1995-1997)
Wills, Trusts and Estate Certificate Committee (1995)
Aviation Law Committee (1998)
Aviation Law Certification Committee (1997)
Civil Procedure Rules Committee (1999)
Civil Trial Law Certification Committee (1998)
FLORIDA BAR SECTIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
The Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee: 1984-1995; 2003 - 2004
Indian River County Bar Association Pro Bono Chairman: 1985 -1987
Florida Rural Legal Services Board of Directors: 1986 -1987
Chairman of The Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee: 1988-1990
The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors: 1989-1990
Supreme Court Judicial Management Council of Florida: 1989 - 2003
Chairman of The Florida Bar 19th Judicial Circuit Nominating Committee:
1993 -1994
19th Judicial Circuit of Florida Grievance Committee B: 1993 -1995; 2004 – Present
Designated Reviewer-19th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee: 1995 - 2003
Business Litigation Certification Committee: 2003 – 2004
Board of Legal Specialization and Education: 2004 – Present (Vice Chair 2008-2009)
Board of Legal Specialization and Education Executive Committee: 2006 - Present
BAR ADMISSIONS:
Florida: 10/29/82
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida: 12/2/82
United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit: 6/16/83
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida General Bar: 11/22/83
Supreme Court of the United States: 2/24/86
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Trial Bar: 3/10/89
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad, Board of Directors: 1984-1986
President of Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad: 1985 -1986
Indian River Community College Foundation, Board of Directors: 1988-1996
Kiwanis International: 1990-1996 (currently inactive)
Rotary International (2008-)
Assistant Scout Leader, Boy Scout Troop #567, Vero Beach, FL: 1998-2001
Indian River Academy Charter School, Board of Directors (2000)
Angel Flight Southeast - Volunteer Pilot: 2000 - Present
Air Lifeline - Volunteer Pilot: 2000 - Present
PUBLICATIONS:
"Offers of Judgment, Demands for Judgment and Offers of Settlement:
Who's on First?" The Florida Bar Journal, March 1988.
OUTLINES AND LECTURES PRESENTED:
May 19 - 20, 1988:
The Rules (and Gamesmanship) for Successful use of Offers of Settlement and Judgment, Demands for Judgment and Offers of Settlement, Sponsor, The Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar, Lecture and Outline, Presented, May 19, 1988, Miami, Florida, May 20, 1988 Tampa, Florida
March 19, 1991:
Bridge the Gap-Discipline and Ethics, Lecture and Outline, Sponsored by The Young Lawyers Division, The Florida Bar, presented West Palm Beach, Florida.
June 26, 1992:
Ethics Seminar: Avoiding Grievance and Malpractice Liability-Hot Topics in Ethics, Lecture and Outline, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar, presented Orlando, Florida.
August 17, 1995:
Basic Commercial Litigation - Selected Issues on Ethics and Professionalism in Litigation, Outline prepared jointly with Martin Earl Rice, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar, presented Miami, Florida.
April 21, 1996:
Current Issues for the General, Solo and Small Firm Practitioner - Personal Injury Litigation for the General Practitioner; Commercial Litigation for the General Practitioner; Hot Topics in Ethics: A Practitioner’s View-Next Stop Malpractice Liability, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar - General Practice Section, Lecture and Outline presented Cancun, Mexico.
July 1, 1997:
Professionalism, The Public and You, Sponsor, 19th Judicial Circuit Bench-Bar Committee, Panel Discussion Member, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
April 27 - 28, 2000:
Basic Commercial Litigation - Selected Issues on Ethics and Professionalism in Litigation, Lecture, Outline prepared jointly with Martin Earl Rice, Esquire, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar, presented Miami, Florida, April 27, 2000, and Tampa, Florida, April 28, 2000.
July 1, 2002:
Exploring Our British Connections - An Excursion Seminar, Lecture only. Selected Topics on Ethics and Litigation for the General Practitioner, London, England.
September, 19, 2008:
MASTERS IN TRIAL - A Trial Demonstration in an Automotive Products Liability Case from Opening Statements to Jury Deliberations. Participant and Panel Member (Cross Examination of the Plaintiff). Sponsor, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Knoxville, TN
PERSONAL: VOCELLE.com
Married, 2 children.
Date of Birth: March 25, 1956, Vero Beach, Florida.
Instrument rated private pilot.