Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A. is a law firm trusted for more than 30 years by individual and business clients across Florida and the United States. The firm provides experienced legal representation of the highest quality, with a high level of scholarship and creativity and an aggressive dedication to the interests of every client. The firm’s attorneys are committed to achieving the best possible results. Each of the firm’s partners is a former judicial law clerk, and each brings to the firm’s practice outstanding academic training and professional experience.
Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., based in Tampa, Florida, has a successful and sophisticated practice that focuses on civil appeals and litigation support and criminal defense and criminal appeals:
Criminal Defense and Criminal Appeals including but not limited to:
- Investigation
- Trial
- Sentencing
- Appellate
- Post-Conviction Relief
- Related Civil Proceedings
Civil Appeals and Trial Litigation Support including but not limited to:
- Commercial & Business Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Class Actions
- Family Law
- Litigation Support to Legal Community in Pre-Trial & Post-Trial Matters
We welcome the opportunity to talk with you and to discuss how we may assist you with your legal matter.
Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., is proud to announce:
Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., has received Tier 1 recognition as a 2026 "Best Law Firm" in Appellate Practice, Bet-The-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar, as announced by U.S. News & World Reports and Best Lawyers.
Tampa Magazine has named Stuart C. Markman and Katherine Earle Yanes as 2026 Top Lawyers in Appellate Practice.
Best Lawyers in America has named James E. Felman as 2026 Tampa "Lawyer of the Year" for Criminal Defense: General Practice.
Best Lawyers in America has named Kristin A. Norse as 2026 Tampa "Lawyer of the Year" for Appellate Practice.
Best Lawyers in America has named Brandon K. Breslow as a 2026 "Ones to Watch" for Appellate Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar and General Practice.
2026 Best Lawyers in America has listed James E. Felman for Criminal Defense: White-Collar and General Practice, Appellate Practice, and Bet-The-Company Litigation; Katherine Earle Yanes for Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Appellate Practice; Kristin A. Norse for Appellate Practice and Bet-The-Company Litigation.
Florida Trend has listed as 2022 Florida Legal Elite: Stuart C. Markman (appellate practice), Katherine Earle Yanes (criminal law), James E. Felman (criminal law), and Kristin A. Norse (appellate practice).
All of the attorneys at the firm have been named as 2025 Florida Super Lawyers: Stuart C. Markman for appellate practice; James E. Felman for criminal defense: white collar; Katherine Earle Yanes for criminal defense: white collar (The Top 50 Women Lawyers in Florida); Kristin A. Norse for appellate practice (The Top 50 Women Lawyers in Florida, and The Top 100 Attorneys in Florida); and Brandon K. Breslow (Florida Rising Stars) for appellate practice.
James E. Felman was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. https://nacdl.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9ODc4OTE0NCZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9OTEzMTkyNjYy
