Orange County Attorney

Are you searching for an Orange County attorney that could help you with your appeal? At Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (SHB), we are skilled in Appellate Practice & Trial Consulting. We have briefed and argued cases in state and federal appellate courts, as well as before regulatory agencies and military tribunals, throughout the United States.

Nearly every Orange County attorney in our firm has successfully represented parties in numerous substantive areas, including products liability; intellectual property; contract disputes; mass, toxic and other torts; pharmaceutical and medical device litigation; banking and UCC litigation; insurance coverage; and environmental and land use litigation; and in challenges to proposed state constitutional amendments and administrative rules. In addition, we have played a key role in developing potential revisions to federal and state court rules and, in recent years, have filed amicus briefs on behalf of organizations involved in high-profile appeals that raise significant class action-related policy and public policy questions.

Every Orange County attorney in the SHB Appellate & Trial Consulting Practice works closely with clients and trial counsel to formulate appellate strategies; identify and research critical issues; draft and edit briefs and petitions for extraordinary writs; present oral arguments; prepare post-appeal motions; and mediate cases that are pending on appeal. We also provide valuable services at the trial court level by assisting with the development of legal theories and by preparing summary judgment and other dispositive motions that involve legal issues likely to be the subject of appellate review, as well as jury instructions, jury verdict forms, directed verdict motions, and post-trial motions. When warranted by the complexity of the issues or magnitude of the claims, SHB appellate attorneys are available to monitor trials for the purpose of helping to identify and ensure the preservation of reversible error.

Due to the nature of this work, an SHB appellate attorney may be called on to consult, assist or assume primary responsibility for an entire appeal. Because appeals are based entirely on the written record of the trial court proceedings, it is not necessary that appellate counsel be located in the same jurisdiction or geographic region where the trial was conducted, which is why an Orange County attorney can be involved in or lead a case in an entirely different location. When taking an appeal from an adverse decision or when defending a favorable judgment, SHB’s appellate attorneys will ensure that appellate procedures are followed correctly and that the final product is first-rate in substance, form and professional quality.

Contact us today to learn how an Orange County attorney in our office can help you with your appeal.