Defending the interests of businesses and industries in the U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Courts of Appeals
Welcome. Capital Appellate Advocacy PLLC is my independent, national, Chambers-ranked appellate litigation boutique. The firm handles appeals and prepares amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs in Supreme Court and federal court of appeals cases involving consitutional, statutory, and regulatory issues important to business and industries.
Defending the interests of businesses and industries in the U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Courts of Appeals
Welcome. Capital Appellate Advocacy PLLC is my independent, national, Chambers-ranked appellate litigation boutique. The firm handles appeals and prepares amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs in Supreme Court and federal court of appeals cases involving consitutional, statutory, and regulatory issues important to business and industries.
All Things Amicus offers articles, presentations, and my newsletter on the strategic use and persuasive drafting of amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs. You’ll find links to the Supreme Court’s revised amicus rules and the local amicus rules for every federal court of appeals, along with many of the Supreme Court and other amicus briefs I have written for the Atlantic Legal Foundation, DRI | Association of Lawyers Defending Business, industry trade associations, and other clients.
All Things Amicus offers articles, presentations, and my newsletter on the strategic use and persuasive drafting of amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs. You’ll find links to the Supreme Court’s revised amicus rules and the local amicus rules for every federal court of appeals, along with many of the Supreme Court and other amicus briefs I have written for the Atlantic Legal Foundation, DRI | Association of Lawyers Defending Business, industry trade associations, and other clients.
As Executive Vice President & General Counsel of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, I lead its top-ranked amicus curiae program in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, and state appellate courts. ALF’s amicus work advances principles of individual liberty, free enterprise, property rights, limited and responsible government, sound science, and effective education.
As Executive Vice President & General Counsel of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, I lead its top-ranked amicus curiae program in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, and state appellate courts. ALF’s amicus work advances principles of individual liberty, free enterprise, property rights, limited and responsible government, sound science, and effective education.
Capital Appellate Advocacy is a business‑focused appellate boutique built on more than five decades of appellate litigation experience, including my prior service as founder and leader of a national law firm’s appellate practice, and offering the flexibility of flat‑fee billing.
Capital Appellate Advocacy is a business‑focused appellate boutique built on more than five decades of appellate litigation experience, including my prior service as founder and leader of a national law firm’s appellate practice, and offering the flexibility of flat‑fee billing.
Appellate Strategy
Brief-Writing
Oral Argument
Amicus Briefs
Professional Activities
I am a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and a graduate of Harvard Law School. My volunteer professional activities include leadership roles in DRI | Association of Lawyers Defending Business, where I have been elected as a National Director on the Board of Directors, and also am Past Chair of the Center for Law and Public Policy and Past Chair and Emeritus Member of the Amicus Committee. I also serve as Chair of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Appellate Law Section and as a Vice Chair of its Amicus & Public Policy Committee.
Professional writing and speaking have long been integral to my work as an appellate litigator. In the Publications section you can read my recent articles and learn about my webinar and other speaking engagements.
Professional Activities
I am a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and a graduate of Harvard Law School. My volunteer professional activities include leadership roles in DRI | Association of Lawyers Defending Business, where I have been elected as a National Director on the Board of Directors, and also am Past Chair of the Center for Law and Public Policy and Past Chair and Emeritus Member of the Amicus Committee. I also serve as Chair of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Appellate Law Section and as a Vice Chair of its Amicus & Public Policy Committee.
Professional writing and speaking have long been integral to my work as an appellate litigator. In the Publications section you can read my recent articles and learn about my webinar and other speaking engagements.
