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 seek 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 see 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.
