Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa partner Alyssa Cory spoke on the panel, “Strategic Litigation for the Modern Practitioner,” at the Federalist Society’s 2026 Florida Young Lawyers Summit on July 11, 2026.

The session analyzed how complex litigation is shaped by key decisions from pre-suit, to discovery, to motion practice, and on appeal. Alyssa and her co-panelists discussed the ways new developments in standing, preemption, administrative law and civil procedure are influencing litigation strategy and forum selection. Specifically, Alyssa touched on the Sixth District Court of Appeals return to first principles has influenced appellate practice in Florida.

Shutts was a sponsor of the event also attended by Tallahassee attorneys Kassandra Reardon and Margaret “Maggie” McCormick. Kassandra serves as a Florida Young Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society Board Member and helped plan the event.

About Alyssa L. Cory

Alyssa L. Cory is a Partner in the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where she is a member of the Appellate Practice Group. Board certified in Appellate Practice, she regularly briefs and argues high-profile appeals in all six of Florida’s appellate courts, as well as in the Florida Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Her practice covers appellate advocacy in the areas of complex commercial and business disputes, constitutional issues, election-related litigation, and administrative law. She also assists clients through civil litigation support in a variety of federal and state cases with trial preservation, and developing and framing key legal arguments.