The strategic question — whether to file an interlocutory petition at all — is addressed in the pillar article on interlocutory appeals in Utah. This article begins where that one ends. You have evaluated the ruling, assessed the standard, and…
Governmental immunity is not just a defense to liability. It is a protection from the burden of suit — from discovery costs, from depositions, from the years of litigation that precede any judgment. That distinction is not semantic. It is…
Most people who find themselves in litigation assume that appeals happen at the end — after the jury verdict, after the judge’s final ruling, after the case is over. That assumption is largely correct. But it has an exception that matters enormously in the right circumstances. An interlocutory appeal is an appeal taken not at the end of a case, but in the middle of one — a request for the appellate court to review a specific ruling before the litigation concludes.
Why Appellate Attorneys Can’t “Phone It In” The joke started backstage. Among stage actors in the early twentieth century, a gag circulated about a performer with a role so small he could “phone it in” — dial up the theater…
The Trial is Over You lost at trial. Or you won — and now the other side has appealed. Either way, you are staring down a process that will consume the next one to three years of your life, cost…
Appellate fees often catch clients off guard — appellate costs reflects a fundamentally different set of demands than costs trial attorneys charge at the district court level.
Lotus Appellate Law handles appeals throughout Utah, serving clients in all counties and courts across the state including:
