I have been representing clients in federal and state appellate courts across the country for many years. Most of my work is referred to me by trial attorneys and by judges. Plaintiffs’ lawyers employ me to defend a large judgment in which they have a personal stake. Courts have appointed me to represent individuals sentenced to death. Corporations and law firms have hired me when litigation threatened their existence. Parents hire me when the litigation stakes are nothing less than the custody of their children.

I have a track record of helping trial attorneys to seek out and achieve smart and valuable settlements of cases through mediation and independent negotiation while cases are pending in trial and appellate courts.

I help trial lawyers identify and refine theories of liability or defense, anticipate and solve evidentiary problems before they arise, and spot and build attacks against their adversaries’ weaknesses.