Washington State Appeals Lawyer
If you have been through a divorce, child custody, child support, or other kind of Washington State family law action, and received what you think may be an unfair result, you may consider consulting a Washington State appeals lawyer. In Washington State, our judicial system provides safeguards for litigants against mistakes of law or fact made at trial. Generally, a litigant may appeal his case once to the Washington State Court of Appeals. After that, Washington State appeals lawyers may petition the state Supreme Court for their review, but whether the case is heard by the high court is entirely in that court’s discretion. In general, the state supreme court only hears cases it deems to have great legal import, and not merely a close call.

In an appellate matter, your Washington State appeals attorney will first carefully scrutinize the trial record for possible errors made by the court or the jury, if applicable. Then she will research the relevant law in great detail looking for ways to interpret the law within the facts of your case. Then she will construct an appellate brief, a written legal argument designed specifically for the appellate judge, which outlines how the court should rule for her client and why. In constructing this brief, your Washington State appeals attorneys will fully utilize all his legal research, persuasive writing, and logical analytic skills to convince the appellate court to rule in his client’s favor. As the stakes in appeals cases are so high, your Washington State appeals lawyers should have the highest qualifications in these areas and experience with the appellate system in Washington State.

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