LINK & ROCKENBACH, P.A. CIVIL TRIAL & APPELLATE LAW Kara Berard Rockenbach Education: Stetson University, College of Law, J.D., 1994 Stetson University, Honors Program, B.A. in Political Science, 1991 American University, Washington Semester Program, Honors Scholarship Recipient, 1990 Admissions: The Florida Bar Association U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit U.S. District Courts, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida Memberships: Palm Beach County Bar Association Appellate Practice Committee, Past Chair and Current Member Professionalism Committee, Chair 2009-2010; Co-Chair 2016-2017 The Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, Vice-Chair 2009-2010, Chair 2010-2011 Standing Committee on Professionalism 2013-Member current, Vice Chair 2016-2017, Chair 2017-2018 Judicial Nominating Commission, Fourth District Court of Appeal Commissioner Appointed by Governor Scott 2014-present Commissioner Appointed by Governor Bush 2005-2010 Vice-Chair 2007-2008; Chair 2008-2009 Fourth District Court of Appeal Historical Society Treasurer 2011- present The Florida Supreme Court Historical Society Member, Board of Trustees Florida Association of Women Lawyers Member 1996-present Governor Crist's Points of Light Award Judge 2007-2008 Craig S. Barnard American Inns of Court LIV Member 2004-2006 Experience: Kara Berard Rockenbach, a founding partner of Link & Rockenbach, P.A., focuses her statewide practice on appellate law and insurance coverage. Her extensive experience in appellate practice started with a judicial clerkship at the Fourth District Court of Appeal. For the past twenty years, Kara has co-counseled statewide with hundreds of trial counsel preserving and preventing error at the trial level, assisted trial counsel with pretrial motions and charge conferences on jury instructions, and argued post-trial motions in anticipation of a possible appeal. Kara has handled in excess o