Litigation: Appellate
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The Appeals and Legal Issues Group in Cokinos | Young works hand-in-hand with our litigation team to provide clients with thorough representation during all stages of litigation. But they also attract national appellate business in complex cases from outside the firm. They also are called upon to draft persuasive amicus briefs to courts throughout America in support of cases of cutting-edge issues.
Our practitioners handle civil appellate matters covering all types of commercial and business litigation, whether contractual or transactional, employment, energy, business tort, personal-injury, and surety disputes. When necessary, they involve other members of the firm for substantive advice in matters such as real estate, insurance, bankruptcy, or securities. And, like all the firm’s lawyers, our group has particular experience regarding legal issues arising in construction litigation.
Our group includes dedicated appellate attorneys who focus their practice on representation before appeals courts nationwide. But they’re not merely academics; most learned their craft by first fighting tenaciously in the trial courts as trial lawyers before specializing in appeals. That courtroom experience in fighting for our clients sets Cokinos | Young’s appellate lawyers apart from the rest.
Chambers Review
Cokinos | Young enjoys a robust reputation for its credentials in appellate disputes, with clients benefiting from a growing team of appeals specialists spread across its extensive office network in Texas. The firm offers considerable experience in both federal and state litigation in a broad array of commercial disputes, including notable expertise in energy matters.
Work Highlights
- Cokinos | Young represented Carter & Carter Construction LLC as appellate counsel in a case concerning seven separately filed lawsuits over a $43 million contract to construct multi-family housing approved by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Strengths
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"They make the complex simple."
"The lawyers in the appellate team are strong."
"They make the complex simple."
"The lawyers in the appellate team are strong."
Notable Practitioners
Roger Townsend is a renowned appellate litigator with significant experience in acting for businesses in a wide array of appeals.
"Roger is renowned for his skills and persuasiveness."
"Roger is great. One of his main strengths is just his experience. His insights are spot on. His analysis of issues and the way to frame arguments is extremely helpful."
Dana Livingston is a highly distinguished appellate practitioner with a wealth of experience in significant appeals before the Fifth Circuit and Texas Supreme Court.
"Dana is as good as they come. She is a workhorse and her work is phenomenal."
"Dana is an excellent writer. She has the ability to synthesize difficult concepts and fact patterns into an easily understandable and relatable form. She has the rare gift of making something extremely complicated simple to understand."
"She is a very good brief writer. Dana really analyzes the law thoroughly and makes very cogent and persuasive arguments in her briefs. She is an excellent appellate attorney."
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