Appellate Litigation –
Porteous, Hainkel and Johnson, L.L.P. showcases demonstrated talent in the area of appellate litigation.  Our team consists of attorneys who are knowledgeable in a wide range of business law and industry-specific areas.  We study the legal trends in both federal and state appeals courts in order to advocate most effectively on behalf of our clients. 

Our attorneys work closely with trial counsel to shape legal issues and properly prepare issues for appeal. We are often called to brief and argue pre-trial motions for summary judgment, dismissal of the complaint, class certification, exclusion or admission of evidence, judgment as a matter of law, and new trial.

Our firm handles a range of services relating to appeals and related legal issues, including:

• briefing and arguing appeals on the merits;
• preparing and opposing petitions for review in the United States Supreme Court and in state supreme courts;
• providing advice and assistance in briefing significant legal issues at the trial court level;
• advising clients on appellate issues during and after trial;
• handling agency appeals before various regulatory bodies; and
• preparing amicus curiae briefs.

Our lawyers follow the legal trends in federal and state appeals courts, as well as the views of individual jurists, to enable us to advocate most effectively on behalf of our clients in light of the appellate courts’ evolving jurisprudence across a range of substantive law areas.  We work with important private trade associations and federal, state and local governmental agencies in order to obtain amicus curiae support where appropriate.  We regularly interact with and monitor the work of leading academics to ensure that the most current scholarly developments are analyzed in presenting the public policy implications of novel legal issues.