Appellate Litigation

Winning at trial is only half the battle. A favorable verdict or ruling can be reversed on appeal, and an unfavorable one can be overturned—but only with the right advocacy. Appellate litigation demands a different skill set from trial work: the ability to distill a complex record into the legal issues that matter, to frame those issues persuasively for a panel of judges who were not in the courtroom, and to write briefs that command attention.

Sergenian Law brings a trial lawyer’s command of the record to the appellate process. We have handled appeals in the California Courts of Appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal Circuit, both defending favorable trial court results and challenging unfavorable ones. Our appellate work spans the firm's core practice areas—copyright & trademark litigation, crypto & securities litigation, general commercial litigation, partnership & startup disputes, and trade secrets litigation—giving us subject-matter depth that purely appellate practitioners often lack.

Whether we are protecting a verdict we obtained at trial or stepping in to handle an appeal of another firm’s case, we focus on identifying the dispositive issues, framing them in terms the appellate court will find compelling, and producing briefs that are clear, precise, and persuasive.