Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Bernard “Bernie” Pastor was recently reinstalled as a member of the Federal Bar Association (FBA) South Florida Chapter’s Board of Directors.

A former president of the South Florida Chapter, Bernie has served continuously on its Board since completing his term as president in 2013. His continued leadership reflects his longstanding commitment to the federal legal community and to advancing the Chapter’s mission of fostering professional development, education and engagement among federal practitioners, members of the judiciary and law students.

His reinstallation was celebrated at the 2026 Awards & Installation Gala, sponsored by Shutts & Bowen LLP, on Saturday, October 3, at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in downtown Miami.

With more than 400 members, the FBA South Florida Chapter is the largest chapter in the Eleventh Circuit, which encompasses Florida, Georgia and Alabama, and the third-largest FBA chapter nationwide.

 

About Bernard “Bernie” Pastor

Bernard “Bernie” Pastor is a partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group. A Florida Bar Board-Certified expert in Civil Trial Law and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Bernie has extensive first-chair experience in both federal and state courts.  His practice focuses on representing clients in complex civil litigation, from pre-suit strategy through trial and appeal. A seasoned trial attorney, he has successfully tried nearly 30 federal and state jury trials to verdict. In addition to his trial experience, Bernie has handled several appeals and oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.