Winning cases after trial.

This section covers New York appellate practice from a practical focus on how civil appeals are preserved, briefed, and decided in the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals, emphasizing standards of review, issue preservation, and record-based strategy.

Posts examine appellate decisions and procedural rulings that shape New York civil litigation, including appealability, preservation errors, briefing strategy, dissents, reversals, and trends across the Appellate Division departments.

What You’ll Find Here

• Analysis of Appellate Division and Court of Appeals decisions impacting civil litigation
• Issue-preservation traps that routinely derail otherwise strong appeals
• Standards of review and how they drive appellate outcomes
• Practical guidance on building an appellate-ready trial record
• Insights into briefing strategy, framing arguments, and oral advocacy
• Trends across Appellate Division departments and signals from notable dissents
• Appellate implications of discovery rulings, motion practice, and jury verdicts
• Coverage and indemnification issues viewed through an appellate lens
• Lessons from reversals, affirmances, and remittiturs that affect claims valuation