Appellate

Overview

We represent clients in a variety of appeals involving civil and white collar matters. We have an outstanding record of successful outcomes, both in defending clients in appeals of lower-court rulings favorable to them and in obtaining reversals of adverse rulings for clients who sought our help at the appellate stage.

Our lawyers have secured appellate decisions in a broad range of areas, including securities and derivative litigation, complex tort, environment, consumer fraud, pharmaceutical products liability, antitrust, and civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act actions. We also have extensive experience representing lawyers in disciplinary proceedings before the Office of Attorney Ethics, the Disciplinary Review Board, and the New Jersey Supreme Court.

The group's success is grounded in our ability to assess, select, and effectively employ the strongest appellate arguments, while fully considering the jurisprudence and proclivities of the relevant court. Known for the thoughtfulness of our work, we are adept at crafting credible and convincing briefs, presenting persuasive oral arguments, and preparing tirelessly to answer the difficult questions posed by the court. The depth and nuance of our preparation have earned us a reputation with the judiciary as being highly credible; the courts know that when we advance a legal argument, it is supported by both the law and the facts of the case.

The Appellate team includes seasoned lawyers with extensive federal and state appellate experience. Led by a former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice, our team includes a former Attorney General of New Jersey and former First Assistant and Deputy Attorneys General; former Assistant United States Attorneys in the Southern District of New York and District of New Jersey; and former law clerks for appellate and trial judges in federal and state courts. Although we work in various jurisdictions across the nation, our home base is the federal and state courts in New Jersey and New York, including the New Jersey Supreme Court, the New Jersey Appellate Division, and the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeal.