In addition to start-to-finish handling of appellate litigation, including the critical preliminary tasks of securing and staying an adverse judgment, The Smith Appellate Law Firm offers a wide range of pre-appellate services to assist trial counsel in best positioning the client's case for success:
• Strategy formulation during discovery, pretrial, and trial phases of litigation
• Issue-spotting consultation to ensure key issues are developed and preserved for review
• Consulting on critical motions, i.e. dispositive motions, motions in limine, and instructions/verdict form
• Reviewing and editing motions and briefs to improve clarity, tightness and overall effectiveness
• Flexible fee structures, including fixed and flat rates
• Creative and effective use of motion practice in both appellate and trial courts
• Active amicus curiae practice in the United States and Michigan Supreme Courts, the Maryland Court of Appeals, and various federal and state intermediate appellate courts.