Rebecca Mercier Vargas

Rebecca Mercier Vargas is a Board-Certified, Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent rated lawyer with a focus on civil appeals and trial support. Ms. Vargas handles cases in a broad spectrum of practice areas, including complex commercial, medical malpractice, personal injury, products liability, insurance, class actions, securities, marital and family law, probate and trust.

Ms. Vargas was selected by Best Lawyers as the 2022 Lawyer of the Year in Appellate Practice for West Palm Beach, Florida. In 2023, Florida Super Lawyers recognized Ms. Vargas as one of the Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers. Florida Super Lawyers also chose her as one of the Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyers in 2022 and 2023. She has been selected for inclusion in the Florida Super Lawyers since 2012 and the Rising Stars Edition in 2009 and 2011. Florida Trend Magazine has selected Ms. Vargas for inclusion in the list of the Florida Legal Elite since 2013. Ms. Vargas is ranked in Chambers USA, which describes her as “a very skilled and well-established lawyer” who “is respected by the courts and represents her clients very well.”

Ms. Vargas has appeared multiple times in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Florida Supreme Court, and in Florida District Courts of Appeal. She is admitted to practice in Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts, Southern and Middle Districts.

Ms. Vargas is dedicated to serving the legal community. She currently chairs several subcommittees of The Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee. She previously chaired the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Case from 2016-2017 and served on that Committee from 2004-2017. She is on the Board of Directors of the Fourth District Court of Appeal Historical Society and the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. Ms. Vargas is a past member of the Florida Supreme Court Committee on District Court of Appeal Workload and Jurisdiction (2004-2005) and the Florida Bar Appellate Court Rules Committee (2001-2004).