Practices & Courts

All appellate,
all the time

Our practice is dedicated exclusively to achieving the best results for our clients in state and federal appellate courts.  It’s all we do.

Photos of historic courthouse, built in 1905, for Ben Feuer.

The inside track

The appellate courts are our home courts. We’ve worked in them as law clerks and research attorneys. We’ve spent our careers practicing in them. We write about them. We teach about them. We think about them all the time. We know the judges and we understand what goes on behind the scenes.

That means we know the best techniques and strategies to win. That’s how we get results, both when representing our clients in appeals, writs, petitions, and Supreme Court briefs, and when advising them privately about their litigation.

  • Appeals

    Your secret weapon for appeals

    Our lawyers have extraordinary skill and decades of experience handling major appeals for businesses and individuals

  • Appellate Writs

    We have deep appellate writs experience

    Our appellate writs specialists have a half-century of combined experience reviewing and evaluating writ petitions for appellate courts.

  • Amicus Briefs

    Our amicus briefs have an impact

    We give a powerful voice to outside parties that might be impacted by a pending appellate decision

  • Petitions & Briefs in Supreme Courts

    We know what happens behind the curtains

    Our former Supreme Court clerks understand how petitions are chosen and cases decided at the highest levels

  • Litigation Consulting

    We help you win the first time, while still looking ahead

    Having an outside appellate lawyer on your high-stakes litigation team can be a game-changer

  • U.S. Supreme Court

    We know our way around the nation's highest court

    Our lawyers understand how to get things done at One First Street – they’ve clerked there, persuaded the Court to grant cert petitions, and run noted amicus practices

  • U.S. Courts of Appeals

    We are at home in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

    Many of our lawyers clerked for federal appellate courts – and routinely win in them

  • California Supreme Court

    We understand the California Supreme Court from the inside

    Our California Supreme Court specialists have decades of behind-the-scenes experience learning what works there and what doesn’t

  • California Court of Appeal

    We are regulars in all the districts of the California Court of Appeal

    Many of our lawyers spent years or decades as research attorneys in the California Court of Appeal, and many more of our lawyers regularly appear and win there

  • Other State Appellate Courts

    Our lawyers win in other state appellate courts too

    Our talented attorneys possess exceptional skills that have brought them success in appellate courts across the nation