Academy Member Inducted 2024
Louis (Buck) Vocelle, Jr.
PO Box 1640
Vero Beach, FL 32961-1640-1640
Video ConferencingAvailable
- Practice Commenced2005
- # of MEDS (as of 21/12/24)300
- # of ARBS (as of 21/12/24)15
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
- 7th Circuit
- 9th Circuit
- 10th Circuit
- 12th Circuit
- 15th Circuit
- 17th Circuit
- 18th Circuit
- 19th Circuit
- 20th Circuit
Biographical
Mr. Vocelle is a double Board Certified Civil and Business Trial Lawyer and has tried a wide range of cases including personal injury and death, breach of contract, covenants not to compete, trade secrets, fraud, shareholder derivative actions, construction defects, civil theft, insurance coverage disputes and many other complex matters. Mr. Vocelle has been arbitrating and mediating cases for over 20 years. In addition to serving as a Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, Mr. Vocelle has also has experience serving as a court appointed Arbitrator and court appointed Special Master including a complex anti-trust case. Mr. Vocelle has extensive experience in complex civil matters and has been court appointed in hundreds of cases in both state and federal courts.
Most attorneys have mediated routine cases where the mediation is nothing more than a serious of offers and demands. Mr. Vocelle interacts with the litigants and their attorneys to ensure that the parties completely understand the risks and rewards of their case and works diligently to find "out of the box" creative solutions that may not be available in a trial.
Case Experience
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Business Dissolution
- Commercial/Business
- Condominiums
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Malpractice
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Real Estate
- Shareholder Disputes
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Unfair Competition
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Florida State University College of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1982
- Undergraduate: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. B.A. 1978
- Board Certified Specialist in Civil Trials
- Board Certified Specialist in Business Trials
- Certified Circuit Civil Mediator
- Supreme Court Approved Circuit Court Arbitrator
Memberships & Affiliations
- Florida Bar Board of Governors: 1995 – 2003
- Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education: 2004 –2010 (Chair 2009-2010)
- Special Counsel Re: Appeal to Florida Supreme Court on issue of confidentiality of peer review, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education 2010 - 2011
- Chairman of The Florida Bar 19th Judicial Circuit Nominating Committee: 1993 -1994
- 19th Judicial Circuit of Florida Grievance Committee B: 1993 -1995; 2004 – 2009
- Designated Reviewer-19th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee: 1995 - 2003
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- Florida Trend’s Legal Elite-Top Lawyers in Florida
- Super Lawyers of Florida 2005-Present
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Florida Bar (Trial Lawyers’ Section)
- American College of Barristers
- Order of Barristers
- Florida Justice Association
- American Justice Association
- American Bar Association
- Indian River County Bar Association