Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Paley Rothman’s attorneys understand that appellate practice requires a unique set of skills and experience. Our many years and cases in the appellate sphere afford us a deep understanding of appellate law’s contours and nuances.

Paley Rothman’s litigators have prosecuted and defended countless appeals in the state and federal appellate courts of Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, defending and maintaining favorable trial judgments when the opposing party has sought an appeal. We have experience having clerked for the Maryland appellate courts and have learned first-hand how to succeed at the appellate level. We often receive referrals from trial attorneys to advance their clients’ interests on appeal. This means that our attorneys are retained after completion of the trial phase for the sole purpose of handling the appeal.

We have briefed and argued numerous cases in Maryland's Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, which selects for review only cases that involve novel or complicated legal questions or significant public policy issues. Our petitions for review by that court have an impressive success rate. We have argued scores of cases in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, and most of our cases in that court have resulted in reported appellate decisions. We have also argued appeals in the U.S. federal courts, as well as the appellate courts in Virginia and the District of Columbia. We think it is an important part of the representation to explain the appellate process to our clients, so that they may better understand where the strength of their position rests.

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News

March 21, 2023

Michelle Chapin’s Article on the Use of Arbitration Causes in Trusts is Published by the MSBA’s Estate & Trust Law Section

Michelle Chapin, a Principal in Paley Rothman’s Estate Planning department, authored an article titled "(Un)Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses in Maryland Trusts" in the MSBA's Estate & Trust Law Section Newsletter Volume 29 Issue 1.

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Blog

Sec. Deb Haaland – First Native American in the Cabinet

Sec. Deb Haaland is the first Native American to serve in the President’s cabinet and has been instrumental in bringing attention and action to the horrific incident rate of...

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Awards

Paley Rothman is delighted to announce that 14 of the firm’s attorneys have been named Maryland Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2023. Family Law attorney Glenn Cooper was ranked the Number 1 Lawyer in Maryland. Both Glenn and Litigation attorney Trish Weaver were named in the Super Lawyers Top 100 List and Trish was honored in the list of Top 50 Women.

For the 11th year in a row, Paley Rothman earned national and local honors in U.S. News - Best Lawyers® 2023 "Best Law Firms" rankings.

Paley Rothman is pleased to announce that 19 lawyers have been selected in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Jennifer Pope was named Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch for the first time alongside attorney Hayes Edwards. Attorneys Glenn Cooper, Hope Eastman, and Daniel Hodin have been listed Best Lawyers for 15 consecutive years.

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