Oved & Oved LLP is widely recognized as having a highly successful appellate practice. Appellate practice requires skills far different from those at the trial level. The objectives and audience are different, and the time frame much tighter. Skilled trial representation is only part of the equation to ensure that our client's litigation needs are fully covered. An essential component in any litigation strategy involves thinking past the trial, before it even begins, to the likely appeal.
Our attorneys handle appeals in state and federal courts, both in cases in which we represented a party in the lower court and in cases where we have been brought in specifically for our appellate court proficiency. The firm has been appellate counsel for a wide variety of clients, presenting a range of constitutional, statutory, and common law claims and defenses.
Our attorney's know the substantive law, understand the rules and procedures and can quickly absorb the technical and specialized aspects of complex cases. We have experience handling appellate emergencies that often arise.
The firm assists clients by arguing cases before the appellate divisions of the federal and state courts. The firm's practice is involved in substantive and procedural civil law, including:
- Handling temporary injunctions, certification matters and other complex evidentiary hearings;
- Researching and analyzing complex legal issues;
- Seeking or resisting sanctions, particularly in discovery matters;
- Preparing or responding to motions to exclude expert testimony;
- Preparing or responding to motions for summary judgment and other dispositive motions;
- Preparing trial briefs;
- Preparing the court's charge and attending the charge conference at trial;
- Preparing or responding to post-trial motions; and
- Handling mandamus actions or interlocutory appeals prior to trial.
Appellate Court Practice