Top Rated Appellate Attorney in St. Petersburg, FL

Honors/Awards:

• Honorable Mention, University of Saint Francis, All-American Women’s Soccer Player
• Captain, University of Saint Francis Women’s Soccer Team
• ESPN The Magazine All-American team
• Raking Among The Two Percent of Her Class, Florida Coastal School of Law
• Honorable Mention All-American women’s soccer player
• Rising Star - Appellate Law, Super Lawyers, 2017, 2018, 2019

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member of the Barney Masterson Inn of Court, 2010
• Appointed to serve as Co-Chair of the St. Petersburg Bar Association Appellate Practice Section, 2019, 2020, 2019
• Was appointed to and served on the Florida Bar's Student Education and Admissions to the Bar Committee, 2012
• Member of the St. Petersburg Bar Association, 2010
• Was appointed to and serves on the Florida Bar's Appellate Court Rules Committee. Chair of the Worker's Compensation Subcommittee from 2017-Present
• Member of the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar, 2009
• Appointed to and served on the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court's Professionalism Committee, 2011
• Selected for the Leadership St. Pete class of 2013 and is a member of the Leadership St. Pete Alumni Association, 2013

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Appeared at the Clearwater Bar Association's Legal Fair as a personal injury attorney as a legal fair in which members of the community could seek free legal advice and assistance, 2018
• Served on the Board of Directors of the St. Petersbug Police Athletic League, 2012

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Business Editor, Florida Coastal School of Law, Florida Coastal Law Review

Verdicts/Settlements:

• Obtained a successful order for my client in a Certiorari appeal as a result of a discovery dispute.  , 2020
• Obtained a $13 million verdict on behalf of my client injured in an automobile accident., 2019
• Obtained a pre-suit six figure settlement for client injured as a result of the failure to properly prescribe medication. , 2019
• Obtained a seven figure global gross settlement for client as a result of a negligently performed heart catheterization., 2019
• Obtained a seven figure global gross settlement for client as a result of a negligently performed heart catheterization, during which case obtained a significant resolution of a discovery dispute through the use of a certiorari appeal. , 2019
• Obtained a per curiam affirmance of a summary judgment entered in favor of my client in a negligence action brought against my client in the action styled: In the District Court of Appeal, First District, State of Florida; Carmen Forsyth, as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Haley Forsyth, Deceased v. Amber Sweat and Kenneth Plemons, 2016
• Obtained a per curiam affirmance of an order denying a motion for new trial alleging a change in witness testimony and a motion to alter and/or amend the final judgment seeking to enforce the statutory caps on wrongful death non-economic damages in a medical malpractice case in the matter styled: In the Second District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida; Douglas Turnbull, M.D. and Diagnostic Clinic Medical Group, P.A., d/b/a Diagnostic Clinic v. Marie Gabrielli, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Gabrielli, 2015
• Obtained a per curiam affirmance of a verdict and judgment entered in favor of my client in a suit brought against him related to a legal funding agreement in the matter styled: In the Second District Court of Appeal, State of Florida; 1.0 LLC v. PEO Depot et al, 2018
• Obtained a per curiam affirmance of a judgment entered in favor of my client requiring the removal of a trustee and the appointment of a replacement, requiring a trust accounting, and finding the misappropriation of the property rights of others with felonious intent in the matter styled: In the Second District Court of Appeal, State of Florida; Annabelle Larson and Marjorie Ann Douglass v. Kathleen Schmahl, 2017
• Defense verdict in a lawsuit brought against my client for allegedly breaching a litigation funding agreement, 2016
• Obtained an affirmance with a written opinion in an interlocutory appeal of a temporary injunction entered in favor of my client in a breach of a non-compete agreement case styled: In the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District; Matthew Galloway, M.D. and Galloway Orthopedics v. Orthopedic Specialists, 2017
• Obtained an affirmance with written opinion of the trial court's final judgment and orders denying a motion to vacate and confirming an arbitration award in the matter styled: In the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District; Robert Nucci, M.D. v. Storm Football Partners a/k/a collectively Thomas Begley, individually; Jay Mize, individually; Doug Graber, individually; and Eric Snow, individually, 2012

Educational Background:

• Ms. Ziegler graduated from the University of St. Francis with a bachelor's degree in English. Ms. Clausing graduated as the 2006 Valedictorian and received numerous Outstanding Achievement in English Awards, 2006