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…
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.
If you’ve lost a court case — or won one that’s now being challenged — you may be asking yourself whether you need an appellate attorney and, more fundamentally, what an appellate attorney actually does. The answer matters, because appellate…
In Utah, in order for the appellate court to take jurisdiction over your claim, you must obtain a final judgment. The final judgment rule is jurisdictional, and without it, the court of appeals will dismiss your case. It’s helpful—and indeed…
I get calls frequently from clients wanting to appeal based on their attorney’s failure to admit evidence at trial. It isn’t that the attorney tried to admit the evidence and the trial court blocked their efforts: that is a legal…
Lotus Appellate Law handles appeals throughout Utah, serving clients in all counties and courts across the state including:
