Five things.
Nothing else.
A boutique that claims twelve practice areas has one: whatever walks in. We decline more than we accept, and the list below is the whole of it.
- 01
Commercial appeals
We are brought in after the verdict, usually by the lawyers who tried it. Contract, fiduciary duty, and valuation disputes where the record is long and the issue is narrow.
Standard of review — Abuse of discretion, reviewed on a cold record. - 02
Trial preservation
Appeals are won at trial, in the objections nobody wanted to make. We sit second chair and build the record you will need eighteen months from now.
Standard of review — Plain error, if you did not preserve it. - 03
Administrative review
Agency action, rulemaking challenges, and the arbitrary-and-capricious standard as it is actually applied.
Standard of review — Arbitrary and capricious, on the administrative record. - 04
Class actions
Certification, decertification, and the interlocutory appeal that decides the case before it is tried.
Standard of review — Abuse of discretion, but predominance is reviewed closely. - 05
Amicus practice
We write for trade associations and academic coalitions when a case will set the rule for everyone downstream.
Standard of review — Whatever the court is already applying.
If the judgment is wrong, it is worth one conversation.
We read the opinion and the operative briefs before the first call, at no charge. You will get a straight answer about whether an appeal is worth funding.