New York Civil Law

Monitoring trial-level cases and winning them 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.

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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