Appellate/Trial Support Associate

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Miami, FL seeks an attorney with strong appellate abilities to handle civil and federal appellate matters. The role involves evaluating trial records, drafting persuasive briefs, and presenting oral arguments before appellate courts.

The candidate should possess working knowledge of civil and appellate procedure and conduct thorough legal research to frame issues under the appropriate standard of review.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of state and federal civil and appellate procedure.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate trial records to identify appellate issues.
• Write effective briefs for appellate courts.
• Analyze and frame factual and legal issues considering the appellate standard of review.
• Conduct legal research to support briefs and motions.
• Present oral argument before appellate panels.

Skills

Appellate procedure knowledge

Legal research

Oral argument

Job description

Overview

• The role requires a working knowledge of state and federal civil and appellate procedure.
• Lewis Brisbois' national Appellate Practice handles matters in federal and state courts across the US, including the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Lawyers in the firm's Appellate Practice have generated hundreds of published and thousands of unpublished appellate opinions, consistently securing significant victories annually.
• The Appellate Practice is noted for its size and number of board-certified appellate specialists within the firm.
• The practice regularly manages a wide variety of civil appeals and extraordinary relief proceedings in diverse areas such as class action and mass tort, commercial litigation, construction, elder law, employment, healthcare, insurance coverage and bad faith, products liability, intellectual property, and toxic torts/environmental litigation.
• Day-to-day responsibilities for this role include evaluating trial records, writing effective briefs, analyzing and framing factual and legal issues considering the appellate standard of review, conducting legal research, and presenting oral argument.