Courtney Brewer
Courtney Brewer joined The Mills Firm in January 2012. In that time, she has had the opportunity to work on the wide variety of matters the firm handles. She has had primary responsibility in those matters in all aspects of appellate litigation, from oral arguments and appellate briefing to research and writing support at the trial level in the Eleventh Circuit and practically every appellate jurisdiction in Florida.
Prior to joining the firm, Courtney served as a Deputy Solicitor General in the Florida Office of the Attorney General for four and a half years. There she represented the state of Florida in civil appeals, including cases involving state constitutional law and statutory interpretation. She argued at the Supreme Court of Florida and three of Florida’s five district courts of appeal. During the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2009-2010 term, Florida’s Solicitor General argued four cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, and Courtney had the privilege to take a large part in the brief drafting and sit at counsel’s table for three of those cases. Additionally, she has drafted amicus briefs to the U.S. and Florida Supreme Courts on a variety of constitutional issues.
In the spring of 2010 she served as a Supreme Court Fellow for the National Association of Attorneys General, where she had the opportunity to obtain direct and intensive hands-on exposure to U.S. Supreme Court practice. The Attorney General’s office recognized her service as part of the SG team that handled Florida’s cases in the historic Supreme Court term and for her individual volunteer efforts as a mentor at Bond Elementary in Tallahassee.
Prior to serving as a Deputy SG, she clerked for Justice Charles Wells at the Florida Supreme Court from 2004-2007.
She obtained her J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2004, where she served as managing editor for Duke’s Journal of Gender Law and Policy. She received her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Florida in 2001, earning her the distinction of serving as The Mills Firm’s lone Gator fan.
Courtney has been a member of The Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee since 2013 and will serve as Secretary for the Committee in 2014-15. In addition to lecturing at and coordinating CLEs on appellate practice, she had the pleasure to serve as co-chair of the Practicing Before the Florida Supreme Court seminar in 2014. She has also coached a variety of Florida State University law school moot court teams for four years. An almost lifelong Floridian, she grew up in Palm Bay, Florida.
Prior to joining the firm, Courtney served as a Deputy Solicitor General in the Florida Office of the Attorney General for four and a half years. There she represented the state of Florida in civil appeals, including cases involving state constitutional law and statutory interpretation. She argued at the Supreme Court of Florida and three of Florida’s five district courts of appeal. During the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2009-2010 term, Florida’s Solicitor General argued four cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, and Courtney had the privilege to take a large part in the brief drafting and sit at counsel’s table for three of those cases. Additionally, she has drafted amicus briefs to the U.S. and Florida Supreme Courts on a variety of constitutional issues.
In the spring of 2010 she served as a Supreme Court Fellow for the National Association of Attorneys General, where she had the opportunity to obtain direct and intensive hands-on exposure to U.S. Supreme Court practice. The Attorney General’s office recognized her service as part of the SG team that handled Florida’s cases in the historic Supreme Court term and for her individual volunteer efforts as a mentor at Bond Elementary in Tallahassee.
Prior to serving as a Deputy SG, she clerked for Justice Charles Wells at the Florida Supreme Court from 2004-2007.
She obtained her J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2004, where she served as managing editor for Duke’s Journal of Gender Law and Policy. She received her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Florida in 2001, earning her the distinction of serving as The Mills Firm’s lone Gator fan.
Courtney has been a member of The Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee since 2013 and will serve as Secretary for the Committee in 2014-15. In addition to lecturing at and coordinating CLEs on appellate practice, she had the pleasure to serve as co-chair of the Practicing Before the Florida Supreme Court seminar in 2014. She has also coached a variety of Florida State University law school moot court teams for four years. An almost lifelong Floridian, she grew up in Palm Bay, Florida.