Parties defending a high-stakes win or seeking relief in appellate courts turn to Perkins Coie to handle their most challenging litigation.

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Parties defending a high-stakes win or seeking relief in appellate courts turn to Perkins Coie to handle their most challenging litigation.

Providing Practice Breadth and Depth

In the past three years, Perkins Coie lawyers have handled nearly 600 appeals with more than 60 oral arguments in federal and state appellate courts. We have represented a broad range of clients in appeals in those forums, including Fortune 50 corporations, government entities, political candidates, individuals, and nonprofit organizations. Our clients’ cases ranged from voting rights disputes to product liability and privacy matters. Additionally, our ranks include a former assistant to the solicitor general at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and experience representing the government’s legal cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2021, the group was named to the “Appellate Hot List” by The National Law Journal and in 2018, Law360 recognized appellate practitioners at Perkins Coie as the appellate “Practice Group of the Year.”

Providing Practice Breadth and Depth

In the past three years, Perkins Coie lawyers have handled nearly 600 appeals with more than 60 oral arguments in federal and state appellate courts. We have represented a broad range of clients in appeals in those forums, including Fortune 50 corporations, government entities, political candidates, individuals, and nonprofit organizations. Our clients’ cases ranged from voting rights disputes to product liability and privacy matters. Additionally, our ranks include a former assistant to the solicitor general at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and experience representing the government’s legal cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2021, the group was named to the “Appellate Hot List” by The National Law Journal and in 2018, Law360 recognized appellate practitioners at Perkins Coie as the appellate “Practice Group of the Year.”

Perkins Coie’s appellate ranks include several former U.S. Supreme Court clerks as well as numerous former law clerks from other levels of the judiciary.

Exceptional Depth in the Ninth Circuit and Federal Circuit

Our experience is especially deep before the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the appellate courts of West Coast states. In the last 10 years, our lawyers have handled nearly 500 cases in the Ninth Circuit and completed more than 50 oral arguments. Our practice includes more than 40 lawyers who have clerked on the Ninth Circuit. Similarly, over a dozen Perkins Coie lawyers have clerked in the Federal Circuit. The team has handled nearly 320 Federal Circuit cases and completed more than 90 oral arguments in the last decade, compiling a record before the court of 10-1 in 2019.

More Than Just Appeals

Briefing and arguing appeals represents only a fraction of work by the Appeals, Issues & Strategy team. It is not a purely “appellate” practice. Our seasoned lawyers have refined essential skills including identifying issues, crafting strategies, and providing superior research and writing in lower courts. We deliver excellence in research, analysis, and writing at every level, especially in the most difficult cases where the stakes are highest.

Winning Focus On Writing

The leaders of the Appeals, Issues & Strategy practice are committed to mentoring and training in best practices from leading instructional sources to produce the highest quality research, analysis, and writing. Our commitment to innovation in written presentations makes our submissions stand out.

Amicus And Special Project Counsel

Perkins Coie maintains an active amicus practice that enables clients to weigh in on important issues and shape the law in appeals involving other parties. In addition, our Appeals, Issues & Strategy lawyers assist clients with special projects such as position papers, comments on proposed statutes and regulations, and analyses of recent changes in law. 

Our commitment to innovation in written presentations makes our submissions stand out.


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