Appellate Litigation
Sonnenschein provides its clients with specialized appellate expertise to tackle the most important and challenging cases in the state and federal appellate courts. Our attorneys have briefed and argued more than 500 cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appellate courts across the country, and in state supreme courts and intermediate appellate courts. Companies regularly turn to Sonnenschein to take over cases heading for the appellate courts -- either to preserve a trial court victory in high stakes litigation or to overturn a harmful adverse ruling in the lower court. Our appellate specialists include former law clerks to appellate judges on the state and federal benches as well as attorneys who honed their appellate skills briefing and arguing cases as members of the United States Department of Justice and United States Attorneys' offices.
The substantive reach of Sonnenschein's appellate practice is vast, with our appellate attorneys winning cases involving cutting edge issues of constitutional law, complex statutory and contractual disputes, and matters of first impression in the appellate courts on a broad array of topics. Our attorneys are particularly known for their appellate expertise in the fields of bankruptcy, First Amendment, insurance, technology & internet law. In addition, Sonnenschein commits substantial resources each year taking on pro bono representations in the federal appellate courts and United States Supreme Court in order to serve the public interest and to provide best-in-class appellate representation to people who otherwise would be powerless.
Appellate Litigation Specialty Areas
