Parties and trial counsel evaluating a judgment, order, sentence, or post-judgment remedy.
Focused appellate judgment
Civil & Criminal Appeals
All Rise! handles appellate and post-judgment matters that require exacting record review, persuasive briefing, and disciplined attention to deadlines.
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Is this the right starting point?
A clear first look at fit.
A short appellate deadline or a difficult preserved issue requires immediate, record-based review.
We start with the challenged order, docket, notice deadlines, record, and the practical remedy being sought.
What this work involves
Counsel that connects law to the next decision.
An appeal is not a second trial. It asks a reviewing court to decide legal questions from a defined record under specific standards of review. We begin by identifying jurisdiction, deadlines, preservation, the strongest issues, and the practical outcome the client needs.
Representative services
Where we can add value
Civil Appeals
Final judgments, interlocutory review when available, post-trial motions, and complex questions of law.
Criminal Appeals
Convictions, sentencing, evidentiary rulings, constitutional claims, and preserved trial error.
Tribal & Administrative Appeals
Review involving Tribal courts, agencies, boards, and overlapping jurisdictional rules.
Post-Conviction & Habeas
Careful review of available collateral remedies and the procedural limits that govern them.
Extraordinary Writs
Mandamus, prohibition, and other limited forms of relief where ordinary review may not be adequate.
Appellate Support
Issue preservation, dispositive-motion strategy, record planning, and consultation with trial counsel.
Selected experience
Representative appellate experience
The firm’s public-facing appellate experience includes matters involving:
- Tribal sovereign immunity, jurisdiction, and the relationship among Tribal, state, and federal authority.
- Institutional, employment, public-record, and administrative disputes.
- Public-school funding, appropriations, and other questions affecting public institutions.
- Criminal convictions, sentencing, preservation, and post-judgment review.
Our approach
A disciplined path from facts to action.
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Confirm the controlling judgment or order and calculate every filing deadline.
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Review preservation, jurisdiction, the record, and applicable standards of review.
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Select the issues most likely to matter rather than briefing every possible complaint.
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Write for the reviewing court with a candid statement of the record and a precise requested remedy.
Questions clients ask
What to know first
How quickly should I contact appellate counsel?
Immediately. Some notices and post-judgment motions must be filed within days or weeks, and the correct deadline depends on the court and type of order.
Can new evidence be added on appeal?
Usually an appellate court reviews the record made below. Limited exceptions and other procedures may exist, but an appeal generally is not the place to rebuild the facts from scratch.
Does winning an appeal always end the case?
No. A reviewing court may affirm, reverse, modify, remand for further proceedings, or grant another form of relief depending on the issue and governing law.
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