RDB’s appellate attorneys are highly experienced and successfully represent our clients at all appellate levels. Our attorneys regularly appear in both federal and state appellate courts, including the Supreme Court, the federal Courts of Appeals, and numerous state Supreme Courts and intermediate appellate courts. Our appellate practice is characterized by the following:

• We handle a wide variety of matters including antitrust, employment, health care, real estate, intellectual property, insurance coverage, insurance extracontractual, and environmental issues.
• Our appellate attorneys are regularly retained to provide representation as special appellate counsel.
• We draft amicus curiae briefs on behalf of publicly and privately-held companies, government entities, non-profits, and trade associations.
• Our appellate attorneys have an impressive track record. One of our partners, for example, served as assistant to the Solicitor General and in that capacity argued numerous matters before the Supreme Court.

RDB’s attorneys have extensive experience with the strategies and approaches that are uniquely designed to achieve successful results in appellate matters. They regularly use these strategies and approaches to preserve lower court decisions that are favorable to the firm’s clients and to provide appellate courts with persuasive reasons for departing from adverse decisions below.