Appellate

For some, appeals can be unfamiliar terrain; for others, unwelcome tedium.   Appellate litigation is a specialized discipline. While trial and appellate skills overlap, there are distinctions.  Trial attorneys are often immersed in discovery, dealing with witnesses and juries, bringing subjective variables into play. Appellate attorneys, on the other hand, focus on writing, legal research, and legal trends. Trials involve facts, people, and emotions. Appeals are detached discussions about the law.

Appellate briefs require time and patience to get through an often laborious research process.  The skill an attorney develops through experience with that process cannot be duplicated by any software program. Familiarity with courts of review can help to avoid costly mistakes in procedure and preference.  And, a fresh perspective, outside the details of the underlying lawsuit, can also prove to be an advantage.

Outsourcing Appeals  

The cost and outcome of an appeal are often influenced by commitment and experience.  Outsourcing your appeals to practice-specific appellate attorneys can provide the benefit of both factors. 

Why Querrey & Harrow

Commitment: Querrey & Harrow recognizes appeals as a specialized area, rather than as an afterthought or outgrowth of litigation.   Querrey & Harrow’s appellate attorneys are not trial attorneys, and they accept each new appeal as a challenge to craft a succinct brief and compelling oral argument, which together result in the desired outcome.  Their practices do include writing complex briefs on litigation matters, which can enhance writing and research skills, but they are passionate about appellate work and objective discussion of the law.

Experience: Our attorneys handle matters before state appellate courts and the Seventh Circuit on a regular basis.   Through their experience and victories in prior cases, our attorneys know the procedures and particular preferences of each court of review.

Dedicated to quality work, we are also sensitive to our clients’ economic and professional concerns.  Our experience helps us to incisively evaluate cases, suggest cost-effective strategies, and render informed opinions as to the likelihood of success in post-trial proceedings.