- Appellate Courts and Procedures Have Received Increasing Public Attention – Several factors, including strong public interest in U.S. Supreme Court cases and issues, the proliferation of press coverage of appellate cases, and numerous podcasts that focus on appellate court procedures and decisions, have heightened the public profiles of appellate courts at all levels of the state and federal systems.
- Appellate Oral Arguments Take Center Stage – The focus on the importance of oral arguments in appellate cases has increased exponentially, due in part to live streaming of arguments in state and federal courts.
- Clients Focus on Appellate Attorneys Doing Appellate Work – As appellate cases have received increasing public attention, clients are seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the appellate process and the specific legal skills that are needed to effectively navigate that process. This has resulted in clients more often hiring appellate attorneys for appeals, rather than attorneys with more general legal skills.
- Continued Demand for Appellate Attorneys Experienced in Specific Forums – Clients understand the importance of being represented in appellate courts by appellate lawyers who have experience in the forums in which cases are in litigation.
- Politicization of the Judicial Appointment and Election Processes – Keen public interest in the judicial appointment and election processes, and the intersection of those processes with partisan issues, has engendered more attention in the media.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Appeals & Legal Issues Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s Appeals & Legal Issues Practice comprises appellate lawyers with deep experience handling appeals in almost every area of the civil law and white-collar criminal law – more particularly in cases addressing general commercial law, federal and state constitutional law, environmental law, labor law, white collar criminal law, tax law, First Amendment law, real estate law, civil rights law, class action law, oil and gas law, power law, intellectual property and patent law, health care law, products liability and medical device law, voting rights and election law, insurance law, tax law, and administrative and regulatory law. In addition to handling client appeals, the Appeals & Legal Issues Group coordinates with trial counsel to help enhance trial court records and advance the potential for success on appeal.