Veatch Carlson's appellate attorneys are responsible for a number of important legal precedents upholding our clients' interests. The firm has appeared as counsel of record in dozens of published decisions. Because of the firm's reputation and strength in areas such as Business & Litigation, Insurance, Professional Defense, Labor & Employment, Tax & Employee Benefits, and Trusts & Estates, the firm's appellate lawyers combine their skills with the specific knowledge of the firm's attorneys working in these practice groups on the following matters:

• Writ Petitions - Preparing challenges to personal jurisdiction for our out-of-state clients, orders compelling discovery of privileged attorney-client communications or reinsurance documents, or petitions seeking entry of summary judgment wrongfully denied by the trial court.
• Post-Trial Motions - Preparing and opposing motions for new trial and evaluation of issues for appeal.
• Appeals - Analyzing of the likelihood of success on appeal, the costs of pursuing or responding to an appeal, and the potential ramifications of an appeal; advising clients on the filing of amicus briefs in important cases to modify existing decisional law or make new law in uncharted areas.