APPEALS
In addition to being excellent trial attorneys, we are also skilled appellate advocates. We are equally successful at handling appeals seeking to overturn an adverse lower court result, or in upholding a favorable one. We have extensive experience in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and have also achieved complete victory before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Court of Appeal.
Gaw | Poe LLP’s founders are also among the few attorneys admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. We are happy to appear as appellate counsel of record even for those cases where we were not trial counsel, and also on a contingency fee basis.
Examples of Randolph Gaw appellate work includes:
Examples of Mark Poe’s appellate work includes:
GAW | POE LLP’s Successes at Appellate Litigation Include:
$44.4M Reinstatement of Jury Verdict
Ninth Circuit – Complete restoration of a $44.4 million federal antitrust jury verdict in favor of our client, a small cigarillo manufacturer, against the largest cigarillo manufacturer in the United States. The trial court had entered judgment in favor of the defendant based upon post-trial motions. (Trendsettah, et al. v. Swisher Int’l)
Fourth Circuit – Completely affirming an $11.3 million arbitration award in favor of our client on breach of contract claims brought against the publicly traded company that had acquired his business assets. (Barranco v. 3D Systems)
$11.3M Affirming Arbitration Award
$9M Affirming Bench Verdict
California Court of Appeal – Affirming $9 million value bench verdict in favor of our client. Following a jury trial, the court issued findings of fact and law holding that our clients, local property owners, were not obligated to sell their $12 million property to a real estate developer for only $3 million pursuant to the terms of an option contract. (Tierney v. Javaid)