Mr. Vocelle is the founding and senior partner of Vocelle & Berg, LLP. His family has been on the Treasure Coast of Florida since 1924. His grandfather was one of the founders of Indian River County and his father was Chief Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit of Florida until his death in 1996. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina and his law degree (J.D.) with honors, from the Florida State University College of Law in 1982. While in law school, Mr. Vocelle was honored to have been awarded an internship with Justice Ben Overton of the Florida Supreme Court and served as an award winning member of the Moot Court Team.
Mr. Vocelle has achieved the rare distinction of being double Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in both Civil Trial Law and Business Trial Law (Board Certification is the highest level of recognition by the Florida Bar of the competency and experience of attorneys in a specialized area of law). He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell (the highest rating that one can achieve from other lawyers and judges through a prestigious peer review organization). He has served on the Board of Governors of the Florida Bar, was Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Florida Bar, chair of the 19th Circuit Grievance Committee and chair of the Judicial Nominating Committee for the 19th Judicial Circuit. He is the past chair of The Board of Legal Education and Specialization of the Florida Bar (BLSE) which regulates and oversees all of the Board Certified Lawyers in Florida and was honored to have served as its special counsel in a case before the Florida Supreme Court. Mr. Vocelle is honored to have been invited in and selected as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Super Lawyers and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, consisting of less than 2% of Florida Lawyers.
Mr. Vocelle is admitted to practice in all Florida State Courts, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. He has been invited to speak on trial skills and tactics at legal seminars in the United States, Mexico and England. He has handled thousands of cases including wrongful death, brain injury, near drowning, product liability, automobile and motorcycle crashes, business fraud, shareholder derivative actions, breach of contract, construction defects, libel and slander, civil conspiracy, malicious prosecution, insurance disputes, construction disputes and many other complex civil cases.
Mr. Vocelle is actively involved in his community. He is a past president of the Vero Beach Sunrise Rotary Club, current membership chair for Rotary District 6930, has served on the Indian River State College Foundation board of directors, served as an EMT and later as president of the Board of Directors of the Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad, and has served on many other community boards. Mr. Vocelle is an avid motorcyclist and instrument rated pilot. He is married and has two children.