Smart Law: Appeals

Appellate experience, encyclopedic trial-record knowledge, excellent briefs, and persuasive oral argument win appeals. That’s what we offer our clients, whether we represented them in the trial court or are newly representing them on appeal. All of our lawyers clerked for federal courts of appeals. Founding partner Michelle Stratton clerked for the Supreme Court of the United States. We have written scores of appellate briefs for parties and amicus curiae, as well as petitions for discretionary review or mandamus. Our lawyers have made multiple appellate arguments, including before three-judge federal or state appellate panels, state supreme courts, and appellate arbitrators. We advise on appeals outside of our firm, too. We serve as moot judges, and we analyze the strength of a potential or pending appeal for lawyers, their clients, or their insurers.