Appellate Lawyers, Protecting Your Rights

Criminal Appeals

Criminal appeals are time-sensitive because a sentence in a criminal case usually involves incarceration. Spending even one day in custody as a result of a wrongful conviction is a travesty. The Appellate Law Firm will do everything possible to prevent unnecessary incarceration time by isolating the most meritorious issues for the appeal and submitting a persuasive brief intended to grab the attention of the appellate court judges.

Civil Appeals

Handling the appellate process is a demanding, complicated, and time-sensitive task. Appellate work requires some of the most sophisticated legal reasoning performed by an attorney. As attorneys with experience in both the trial courts and appeals courts, we are prepared to analyze your case, assemble the required “record on appeal,” file all briefs, and provide oral argument.

We offer representation on civil appeals to attorneys and clients in Washington, California, Oregon, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. We will not hesitate to tell you if we advise against filing an appeal. Additionally, we can file petitions for writ of mandate to the court of appeals for interim orders that are not appealable. (It is also important to consider obtaining appellate advice before trial, in order to help preserve and identify appellate issues that may be overlooked or unassailable after final judgment.)

Family Law Appeals

When a decision in family court does not go the way you wanted, it is not just dollars and cents at stake, but oftentimes your ability to spend time with your children and be an ongoing part of their lives for the foreseeable future is on the line as well. Regardless of what type of decision that a family court judge has handed down, you may have the right and ability to overturn that decision on appeal. The Appellate Law Firm represents individuals in appealing family law decisions and will advocate for a fair and just resolution on your family law matters. LEARN More