Although it is important to hire an attorney who is dedicated primarily to appellate work, sometimes a trial attorney must handle an appeal, or a party may choose to proceed as a self-represented litigant. I’ve compiled some resources that can assist you. Of course, this is not legal advice, nor is it the entirety of content available to you. It is meant to be a jumping off point to assist you in the commencement of your appellate journey.

You will need to know the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. These are different than civil, criminal, or family law rules. Pay special attention to the different deadlines and time limitations: https://www.floridabar.org/rules/ctproc/

For the Florida Statutes, the Florida Constitution, and other Laws of Florida, review the Online Sunshine website. It’s important to know which version of the statute will apply to your case—which is sometimes an appellate argument in and of itself!—so be sure you are using the statute from the appropriate year: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm. If you need to access a statute from before 1997, Florida State University’s research center has compiled images of those on its website: https://fall.law.fsu.edu/

Trial attorneys likely have a Westlaw or LexisNexis subscription, but for self-represented litigants, you may need to use online services like Justia, Casetext, or Google Scholar, which has a “case law” section and you can even filter by court: https://scholar.google.com

If your appeal is before a circuit court in Florida, you may be able to find that court’s appellate opinions on its website. For example, the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida provides a searchable database of its appellate opinions:
https://ninthcircuit.org/resources/appellate-opinions

Appeal also has a searchable database on its website you can use to review its opinions. The websites also include administrative orders specific to that court with procedures, expectations, and helpful information. Below are links to the Florida Supreme Court’s website and each of the six district courts of appeal in Florida: