No appeal is ever routine, and there is never a time when results matter more than on final appeal.
Overview
Burr & Forman has one of the most experienced appellate practices in the Southeast region. Our attorneys are skilled in arguing the right issue, in the right way, with a deep knowledge of how appellate courts operate. Our team understands that no appeal is ever routine and there is never a time when results matter more than on final appeal. Whether as an appellant, appellee, or friend of the court, a decision on appeal not only settles the case but becomes the law of the land.
Our team handles appeals at all levels of the state and federal system, involving nearly every legal subject as well as challenges to excessive damage awards.
Burr's appellate capabilities include:
- Appeals of class action certification rulings and related orders
- Appellate briefs
- Appellate mediation
- Amicus curiae briefs
- Emergency appeals
- Evaluations of appeal worthiness
- Oral argument
- Petitions for writ of mandamus
- Petitions for writ of certiorari
- Post-judgment discovery and enforcement
- Post-judgment evidentiary hearings
- Rehearing applications
- Stays of judgment
- Strategic counseling during trial
- Supersedeas bonds
In addition, many amicus curiae organizations select Burr to file their briefs, such as the Business Council of Alabama, the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC), the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), and the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Burr's appellate attorneys also hold key leadership roles such as the Alabama Supreme Courts standing committee on appellate rules.