AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Certified in Appellate Practice, The Florida Bar

Florida Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, 2009

Up-and-Coming Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, 2007, 2008, 2009

40 Under 40, Gulf Coast Business Review, 2006

Ceci Culpepper Berman's practice involves all aspects of federal and state appellate litigation, with a focus on commercial litigation appeals. She also has extensive experience handling federal bankruptcy appeals and family law appeals. 

Presentations

• "Family Law Appeals," Moderator, The Florida Bar, Appellate Practice Section, Seminar, January 29, 2009
• "Practice in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals," Moderator, The Hillsborough County Bar Association, Appellate Practice Section, Seminar, December 3, 2008
• "Preparing for an Appeal," Speaker, The Florida Bar's Basic Appellate Practice Seminar, November 13, 2008, October 5, 2007 & September 8, 2006
• "Issues on Appeal: Winners and Losers," Speaker, Florida Law for Insurance Professionals Seminar, October 25, 2006
• “Perfecting Your Civil Appeal,” Speaker, The Florida Bar's Basic Appellate Practice Seminar, March 30, 2006
• “The Business of Insurance in Florida,” Speaker, Tampa, FL, October  31, 2003

Publications

• “Enforcing Proposals for Settlement and Offers of Judgment in Federal Court:  Mission Impossible?” Co-Author, Florida Bar Journal, December 2009
• "The Importance of Transcripts for the Record on Appeal," Author, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer, March 2008
• "Pulling Together the Record on Appeal," Author, Chapter Two of The Pro Se [Self-Represented] Handbook: Representing Yourself on Appeal, and Assistant Editor, The Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section, 2008
• "When and Where Can Lawyers Cite Unpublished Opinions?," Author, Published in Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer, October 2007, and The Record, Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section, Summer 2007 
• "Bankruptcy Appellate Procedure," Author of published materials presented at The Florida Bar Bankruptcy Appeals Seminar, March 8, 2007 
• "Responding to Requests for Production," Author, Chapter in The Defense Speaks, A manual published by the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, 2006
• “Appeals During and After Arbitration - State and Federal Issues,” Author, The Florida Bar Journal, January 2005
• “Responding to Requests for Electronic Documents and Data Bases: An Inside and Outside Perspective,” Co-Authored, ABA Journal Meeting, published materials, April 2003
• “Standard for Design Defect: A Monograph," prepared by the ABA Section of Litigation's Product Liability Committee, Author, Contributor to 50 State Survey, Georgia and South Carolina, 2003