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Appellate Practice

Advocacy with Skill and Purpose

Appellate practice requires a specialized set of legal skills. At Birch, Horton, Bittner and Cherot, we’ve built a world-class team of appellate lawyers with superior academic and practical skills honed to a fine edge by years of rigorous experience. Our small but remarkably able cadre of advocates includes several former appellate law clerks and attorneys who have briefed and argued appeals and other proceedings before the:

• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
• Alaska Supreme Court
• Alaska Court of Appeals
• Arizona Court of Appeals

Our appellate experience covers a wide range of substantive legal fields: civil, criminal, business and administrative, with an emphasis in constitutional law, construction litigation, commercial law, contracts, business torts, labor and employment, and ANCSA/Alaska Native law.

When BHBC represents a client at trial, of course we also handle any related appeals. But a major segment of our practice is serving as independent appellate counsel, i.e., in cases where we are retained to attack or defend a trial court judgment in which we did not participate. In those cases, we’re fully capable of assuming primary responsibility for the appeal. However, we can also serve in a supporting role; for example, by reviewing the trial record, conducting moot courts to develop and refine issues, explaining practice and procedural rules, critiquing written briefs and oral arguments, and evaluating post-decision questions such as petitions for rehearing, en banc review or certiorari.

Attorneys

• Gregory S. Fisher
• Gregory A. Miller
• Stanley T. Lewis
• Timothy J. Petumenos
• Tina M. Grovier