Rutan has for more than a century enjoyed Significant success in the appellate courts.
As the largest full service law firm based in Orange County, California, Rutan, LLP has decades of significant success in the appellate courts of California and other states as well as many federal circuits. Rutan’s attorneys include former law clerks for federal appellate and District courts as well as various State courts on the appellate and trial court levels. Members of the Appellate Practice Group regularly provide presentations on various aspects of appellate law.
Although an attorney may be adept at practicing on the trial court level, such skills and talents do not always translate to practice before appellate courts. The attorneys in Rutan’s Appellate Practice Group have substantial experience in and devote a significant portion of their practices to representation of clients in various courts of appeals. Rutan’s Appellate Practice Group attorneys handle appeals involving numerous substantive and procedural legal areas following entry of judgments or orders in the trial court, as well as on an emergency basis by way of extraordinary writ practice. Those attorneys also have significant experience and have achieved substantial success in pursuing writ review of government agency decisions.
Members of Rutan’s Appellate Practice Group also consult with other trial attorneys with regard to positioning a client engaged in litigation at the trial court level for potential success on appeal. They would be happy to discuss with you how they might be able to assist you, including as to such matters as:
- Challenging an unfavorable trial court or agency ruling, order or judgment;
- Defending a successful trial court decision;
- Positioning yourself at the trial court level for potential appellate success;
- Seeking emergency appellate relief by way of extraordinary writs, motions and stays;
- Preparing amicus filings with appellate courts.