APPEALS & APPELLATE

Our Texas appellate attorneys understand and appreciate the value of commitment. It means being able to successfully handle any type of appeal, in any Texas appellate court. We enjoy the diversity of the issues that are involved in appellate law; and that gives us the opportunity to succeed in any type of appeal. For that reason, ScottHulse appellate lawyers believe that they can match and exceed the work done by any of the top appellate law firms in the State of Texas.

ScottHulse lawyers regularly represent clients in appellate courts. Sometimes, that work involves defending a favorable judgment that was obtained on behalf of a client after a trial. Sometimes, that work involves representing a client in an appellate court to seek a reversal of a trial court judgment. But regardless of the case, ScottHulse has the experience and resources to prosecute a successful appeal. We have done so on many occasions. Our appellate lawyers have experience in many aspects of civil appeals. And those appeals have been handled throughout the State of Texas, including the Texas Supreme Court in Austin, the Eighth District Court of Appeals in El Paso, and the Thirteenth District Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi.

We also understand the value of commitment in the context of litigation in the federal courts. We have experience in handling federal appeals, including appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (New Orleans, LA) and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Denver, CO). Our federal appeals attorneys have the resources to obtain results in federal appeals; and we have done so on behalf of other clients.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Our recent experience in appeals includes:

• Convincing the Texas Supreme Court to grant a mandamus petition on behalf of a ScottHulse client whose right to have a dispute decided in arbitration was improperly denied by a trial court.
• The defense of a lost profits counterclaim that was asserted against a ScottHulse client. The claim against the ScottHulse client was in the amount of $447,000. After the appeal was decided by the El Paso Court of Appeals, the recovery against the ScottHulse client amounted to $0.
• The defense of a school district in an appeal that was decided by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. After the appeal, the plaintiff’s recovery against the ScottHulse client amounted to $0.

REPORTED CASES

Recent decisions from appellate courts include:

In re Polymerica, LLC, 296 S.W.3d 74 (Tex. 2009) (ScottHulse appellate lawyer obtained a win for a client in a case decided by the Texas Supreme Court)

Vicari v. Ysleta Indep. Sch. Dist., 291 Fed. Appx. 614 (5th Cir. 2008) (ScottHulse appeals lawyer obtained a win for a school district in an appeal that was decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)

Yazdchi v. American Honda Fin. Corp., 217 Fed. Appx. 299 (5th Cir. 2007) (ScottHulse client prevailed in a federal appeal that was decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)

Thomas v. Guffey, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 4401 (10th Cir. 2010) (ScottHulse obtained a win for a client in a civil rights appeal that was decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit)

Bergholtz v. Southwestern Yellow Pages, Inc., 324 S.W.3d 195 (Tex. App.–El Paso 2010) (appeal in commercial litigation case in favor of ScottHulse client)

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