Bellevue Appeals Lawyers
Bellevue Appeals Attorney
During a Bellevue family law trial, the judge serves as both the legal arbiter and finder of fact. This means that the judge decides what happened and what legal standards apply to these facts. Along the way, mistakes can be made, and that is where a Bellevue appeals attorney can help. If you have received an unfavorable judgment, and the trial judge made a reviewable mistake, a Bellevue appeals lawyer may be able to get your case to an appellate judge who may reverse the judgment or order a new trial.
Under the law governing Bellevue family law cases, every litigant gets at least one appeal after a judgment is entered. A second appeal, to the Washington State Supreme Court, is possible, but that appeal is totally at that court's discretion. Because you only likely get one chance for an appeal, your Bellevue appeals attorney must frame the issues and assign the trial court's errors properly.
First, Bellevue appeals lawyers will scrutinize the trial record with a fine toothed comb looking for places in which the judge arguably made the wrong ruling on excluding or including evidence, or maybe applied the wrong legal standard. In order for this scrutiny to be effective, Bellevue appeals attorneys must be very experienced in the trial process to know what to look for. Also, the most effective Bellevue appeals attorneys understands complex case law well enough to be creative in applying the law to your facts. Creative does not mean stretching. It simply means being able to discern principles and persuasively argue for them.
If you think you may have a case with the basis for appeal, contact a Bellevue appeals attorney who can analyze your case.
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