Kaufman Borgeest and Ryan LLP has an appellate department dedicated to providing our clients with effective analytical, legal research, writing and advocacy skills from the earliest point in the litigation through the post-verdict phase of the proceedings.  Our appellate attorneys participate in all phases of case management to provide our trial attorneys with the tools they need to set each case on a path to the most favorable outcome.

In the pre-trial phase, our appellate counsel work with litigation counsel to plan strategy and to frame key issues that are expected to permeate the case.  From the beginning of litigation, we work to obtain tactical advantages for trial.

Our appellate counsel actively seeks summary dismissal for our clients.  We have considerable experience litigating interlocutory appeals and we have successfully prosecuted and defended numerous appeals which have resulted in the extrication of our clients from litigation without the need for a trial.

In the trial phase of a case, our appellate counsel work hand-in-hand with our trial attorneys to provide critical assistance with motions on a wide range of issues from evidentiary rulings to directed verdicts.  We take every measure to protect the record for a possible post-trial appeal.

Following verdict, our appellate attorneys prepare and defend post-trial motions.  We have extensive experience handling post-judgment appeals and we have successfully protected our defense verdicts, reduced damages awarded and obtained full dismissals after adverse verdicts.

We stay on the cutting edge of new developments in the law and we use that knowledge to provide objective analysis and advice to assist our clients throughout the litigation including in deciding whether to appeal or to settle a case.  Our appellate counsel sees the forest and the trees.  At KBR, the appellate department uses all of these abilities to position their clients to their best possible advantage in all phases of litigation.

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