Brian C. Tackenberg is a Florida Bar board-certified appellate lawyer. Board certification is The Florida Bar's highest evaluation of attorneys' competency, experience and professionalism in areas of law approved for specialization by the Supreme Court of Florida. Brian's specialty, appellate practice, is the area of law dealing with the recognition and preservation of error committed by lower tribunals, and the presentation of argument concerning such error to state or federal appellate courts. Brian began his legal career as a staff attorney for Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara J. Pariente. Prior to clerking, he received his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law in 2013, graduating magna cum laude and attaining membership in the Order of the Coif, the most elite academic honorary in law school. He was a member of the Florida Law Review and earned Book Awards in Appellate Advocacy, Family Law, and Trial Practice. He was also a teaching assistant for the law school’s “Legal Research and Writing” and “Appellate Advocacy” courses. Before law school, Brian attended the University of Florida, where he graduated summa cum laude, majoring in finance and anthropology.