Appellate

“…mastered the technical details and managed a complex Delaware law dispute with confidence and care, providing strong advocacy, great coordination with experts, and practical advice in an important matter for our firm.”
William Huffman
Chief Executive Officer, Nuveen

Highly unusual for any firm, but particularly unique for a litigation boutique, Massey & Gail maintains a robust appellate practice that not only augments our other trial-level work but stands alone for appeals in which other law firms have handled lower court proceedings. Led by founding partner and former U.S. Supreme Court clerk, Jonathan Massey, our lawyers have handled appeals in jurisdictions around the country—from the U.S. Supreme Court to every federal circuit and state appellate court across the country, from Hawaii to Delaware.

This vast experience, encompassing virtually every substantive and procedural area of civil law, gives us a remarkable capacity to craft arguments based on fixed records that resonate with appellate courts. Frequently, we are asked to handle appeals that involve novel questions of first impression or other atypical issues in which the courts are effectively breaking new ground. Clients know that, whether in the brief-writing phase or at oral argument, their appeal stands the best chance of success because of Massey & Gail’s meticulous attention to every factual and legal detail.