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Appellate
The Bates Carey Nicolaides LLP Appellate Practice Group is a team of skilled attorneys with a nationwide practice focused on the complex, highly specialized and continuously evolving discipline of appellate procedure and advocacy. Our appellate attorneys handle all phases of post-judgment and appellate litigation in high-profile commercial and catastrophic personal injury cases. They have successfully briefed and orally argued appeals in federal and state reviewing courts across the county and over a broad spectrum of areas, including: class actions, casualty defense, environmental coverage, fidelity and surety, first-party property insurance, liability insurance coverage, premises liability, products liability, professional malpractice, and transportation.
The firm’s appellate practitioners also frequently appear as amicus curiae on behalf of numerous special interest groups and trade organizations likely to be affected by an appeal but whose broader interests are not adequately represented by the individual litigants.
Because successful appeals begin long before trial or verdict, the appellate team also often becomes actively involved at the critical pre-trial stages and during trial by partnering with the trial lawyers to help posture the case for a successful resolution. To this end, the appellate team monitors pre-trial and trial proceedings; prepares dispositive motions, motions in limine and motions for directed verdict; consults with trial counsel during trial to identify and preserve errors for appellate review; prepares jury instructions; and prepares and argues post-trial motions. By objectively monitoring the trial proceedings, we are able to ensure the comprehensive record necessary to put our clients in the strongest position on appeal, and to provide our clients with a real-time evaluation of the appellate issues and the likelihood of success on appeal. |
