Whether you are evaluating an appeal, responding to a significant ruling, or seeking strategic appellate guidance during active litigation, Obermayer’s Appellate team helps clients and trial counsel navigate complex appellate issues with clarity, speed, and precision.
Why Early Appellate Strategy Matters
The Best Appeals Often Begin Before the Notice of Appeal. Successful appellate outcomes frequently depend on decisions made long before briefing begins.
Obermayer’s appellate attorneys work with clients and trial counsel to:
- Evaluate appellate options quickly after significant rulings
- Identify preservation and jurisdictional concerns
- Assess strategic strengths and vulnerabilities
- Develop persuasive issue framing
- Support trial teams in preserving appellate arguments during ongoing litigation
Our approach integrates appellate thinking into every stage of the litigation lifecycle.
Our Appellate Services
Appellate Services Tailored to the Litigation Lifecycle.
Tier 1: Rapid Appellate Consultation
Immediate guidance following an adverse ruling.
For clients and counsel facing urgent appellate deadlines or evaluating next steps after a court decision, our team provides prompt procedural and strategic guidance.
Includes
- Appellate deadline analysis
- Procedural posture evaluation
- Post-decision options assessment
- Jurisdictional and preservation considerations
- Strategic direction consultation
Ideal For
- Recently issued rulings
- Trial counsel needing immediate appellate guidance
- Businesses assessing next steps
Tier 2: Appellate Strategy & Written Assessment
Strategic appellate analysis informed by targeted record review.
For matters requiring deeper strategic evaluation, Obermayer provides written appellate assessments addressing issue framing, strengths and weaknesses, and overall appellate posture.
Includes
- Strategic consultation
- Preliminary appellate issue analysis
- Appellate risk assessment
- Issue-framing recommendations
- Written strategic memorandum
Ideal For
- Evaluating the viability of appeal
- Complex dispositive rulings
- Multi-issue litigation matters
- Counsel seeking appellate perspective before proceeding
Tier 3: Full Appellate Representation
Comprehensive appellate advocacy from notice through argument.
Our appellate attorneys manage all aspects of appellate litigation, including strategic oversight, briefing, oral argument, and post-decision proceedings.
Includes
- Appellate briefing
- Oral argument
- Strategic case management
- Coordination with trial counsel
- Post-decision analysis and next steps
Tier 4: Trial-Level Appellate Support
Preserve issues now. Protect appellate rights later.
Obermayer works alongside litigation teams during active matters to strengthen issue preservation, standards-of-review positioning, and appellate strategy before judgment is entered.
Includes
- Issue-preservation guidance
- Motion and ruling review
- Standard-of-review analysis
- Strategic record development
- Trial-support consultation
Appellate Education & CLE Programming
We also provide appellate-focused CLEs and workshops for legal departments, litigation teams, and law firms seeking to strengthen appellate strategy and issue-preservation practices.
Topics May Include:
- Preserving issues for appeal
- Strategic appellate framing
- Standards of review
- Avoiding common appellate pitfalls
- Appellate considerations during dispositive motion practice
Deliverables:
- CLE presentation
- Written reference materials/checklists
- CLE credit
Key Contacts
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