Michael Brenner is an appellate litigator and senior counsel at Webb Daniel Friedlander, LLP. He offers inventive strategic analysis and a well-rounded perspective to bolster trial teams and spearhead appeals. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Deputy Appellate Chief at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. In that role, he helped supervise a docket of 200+ Eleventh Circuit cases per year, developed office-wide strategy on novel legal issues, advised trial teams on complex matters, and managed adverse legal decisions in coordination with the Office of the Solicitor General. Mr. Brenner also personally briefed and argued numerous appeals before the Eleventh Circuit and prosecuted many cases in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida. For his distinguished service, Mr. Brenner received the Attorney General’s 2023 John Marshall Award in Appeals, the Department of Justice’s highest award presented to attorneys. Before his time as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Brenner clerked for the Honorable Robert J. Luck on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Honorable Paul C. Huck on the District Court for the Southern District of Florida. On the civil side, Mr. Brenner has litigated class action securities cases at a nationwide firm. He is a lifelong Floridian and avid photographer.