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Randall Burks, Michele Feinzig, Robin Bresky, Joanne Rose Telischi & Jonathan Mann
Any operation requires cooperation. I am proud of the way we work together in this  rm
to produce a quality product for our clients.
 e boutique appellate  rm, which is celebrating its 16th anniversary this year, handles civil, administrative and criminal appeals and provides consultation to attor- neysoncomplexlitigationissuesthrough- out the state and country.
“Our clients have usually been through the litigation process for lengthy periods of time and sometimes they are disheartened with the system,” Bresky says. “When they get to the appellate court and we are able to get reversals for them it restores their faith in the system.”
An Appealing Practice
Bresky attended law school in Chica- go and worked as an extern in the Cook County State Attorney’s O ce, which in-
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volved criminal appeals. Upon relocating to Florida she worked as a prosecutor in Broward County. Bresky founded the ap- pellate  rm in 2000. She chose appellate law because it a orded better work-life balance and utilized her academic focus and strong writing background—she was a broadcast journalism major and worked as a freelance magazine writer during college.
For the  rst few years as an appellate law- yer, she practiced out of her home, balanc- ing motherhood and career as she honed her skills. To build her practice, Bresky networked with other attorneys and be- came involved with legal organizations, in- cluding the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, which honored Bresky with its Ap- pellate Law Pro Bono Award in 2006. Today,
she is on the society’s board of directors. As Bresky’s reputation for excellence grew, so did her  rm. It now has o ces in Boca Ra- ton, West Palm Beach and Miami, and in- cludes several attorneys and sta  members.
Attorneys Jonathan Mann and Randall Burks are senior associates with strong backgrounds in appellate law. Mann, now a board certi ed appellate specialist, joined the  rm in 2010, bringing his experience as a judicial sta  attorney with Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal. Burks, who joined the  rm in 2012, previously served as an appellate attorney for two of Florida’s largest government agencies and had a solo practice in appeals and litigation support. Two of counsel attorneys, Michele FeinzigandJoanneRoseTelischi,eachwith more than 25 years of appellate experience, came onboard in 2011 and 2014 respectively.
Before becoming the newest member of the team, associate attorney Jeremy Dick- er clerked as a career sta  attorney to the Honorable Peggy A. Quince of the Florida Supreme Court. In this position, Dicker dra ed bench memoranda and opinions on many civil and criminal matters before the court.
When asked what characterizes the cul- ture of her  rm, Bresky points to the team’s energy and teamwork, as well as their repu-
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