Appellate Brief Writing

Post-trial motions and appellate briefs require an incredible amount of document review, legal research, and legal writing. Research and writing for these legal briefs can take months, if not years, to complete. Due to its time-consuming nature, many lawyers cannot find the time in their practice to dedicate to appellate writing. Appellate writing is the kind of legal writing project best outsourced to legal brief writers whose practice is dedicated to legal research and writing.

For many legal writers, appellate briefs can be some of the most exciting legal writing. Because of their length and density, employing storytelling techniques while writing appellate briefs is necessary – they must not only be legally persuasive and rule-driven, they must also be easy to read and digest. When writing an appellate brief, I aim to create a story that captures the judge’s attention and empathy and reads like a page-turner instead of a legal tome.

I encourage the attorneys I work with to begin considering the appellate process while making pre-litigation arguments. Ensuring the right issues have been raised and errors have been preserved is crucial to providing the best outcome for your client. To that end, consider contracting Legalinguist at the start of your litigation so we can begin the case with the appellate process in mind.its