Practice Areas: Appellate
Appellate work is a specialized practice area that requires the ability to craft persuasive arguments grounded firmly in the law. While legal research is a common skill taught in every law school, the art of formulating and distilling that research demands experience. The lawyers at Brown & Gould have prosecuted and defended appeals in the appellate courts of the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Florida.
Some of our reported cases appear below:
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- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986)
- Centre Ins. Co. v. J.T.W., --- A.2d --- (Md. 2007) (amicus curiae).
- Weakley v. Burnham Corp., 871 A.2d 1167, (D.C. 2005) (PDF)
- Washington Hospital Center v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, 859 A.2d 1058 (D.C. 2004) (PDF)
- Willens v. 2720 Wisconsin Ave. Co-op. Association, Inc., 844 A.2d 1126 (D.C. 2004)
- Hansen v. Stanley Martin Companies, Inc., 266 Va. 345, 585 S.E.2d 567 (2003)
- Dae-Seok So v. 514 10th Street Assoc., L.P., 834 A.2d 910 (D.C. 2003)
- Muthukumarana v. Montgomery County, 370 Md. 447, 805 A.2d 372 (2002)
- Easterling v. American Optical Corp., 207 W.Va. 123, 529 S.E.2d 588 (2000)
- Shady Grove Psychiatric Group v. State, 128 Md.App. 163, 736 A.2d 1168 (1999)
- Hessler v. T&N, PLC., 642 So.2d 851 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)
- Walls v. GAF Corp., 1993 Lexis 3367 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993)
- Beraglia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas, 606 So.2d 1213 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (on brief)
- Wesley Theological Seminary v. United States Gypsum Co., 876 F.2d 119, 277 U.S. App. D.C. 360 (1989)
- Catrett v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 263 U.S. App. D.C. 399, 826 F.2d 33 (D.C. Cir. 1987), cert. denied, sub nom. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 484 U.S. 1066 (1988)