A petition for writ of certiorari to the Utah Supreme Court is one of the most demanding documents in Utah appellate practice — not because the legal analysis is necessarily more complex than a Court of Appeals brief, but because…
If you are involved in a Utah family law appeal — or deciding whether to bring one — at some point you will encounter the raw material of appellate law: the published opinions of the Utah Court of Appeals and…
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…
Raising issues on appeal can be a tricky judgment call. You know something unjust happened, but on appeal you must frame it properly as a cognizable issue on appeal. You must also understand what the remedy is. For example, in…
Remember, in legal writing, the Rule is King. That means that apart from citing the rule that governs the case *in your argument*–and of course analyzing the facts of your case through its lens–you, legal drafter, should also structure the…
In appellate law, standard of review can either make or break you. A standard of review announces the level of deference a high court gives a lower court’s rulings. Some rulings are discretionary rulings, and those discretionary rulings are given…
Lotus Appellate Law handles appeals throughout Utah, serving clients in all counties and courts across the state including:
