Overview
Butzel’s Appellate Law Practice Group is comprised of prominent appellate attorneys that possess a hard-won reputation as a team of elite and powerful practitioners, recognized for making countless contributions to the success of our clients and supporting the Firm’s many Practice Groups, Specialty, and Industry Teams across all office locations. You and your organization can count on our Appellate Law Practice Group when you require counsel to navigate this specialized area of practice.
The Appellate Law Practice Group has achieved a lengthy and distinguished record of success spanning several decades of representation, in landmark cases including:
- Groesbeck v. Michigan State Telephone Company, 172 N.W. 799 206 Mich. 372 (1919), where the Michigan Supreme Court acknowledged that the President can exert control over local telephone and telegraph lines under federal war time powers.
- Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974), where the United States Supreme Court overturned the City of Detroit’s metropolitan cross-district school busing plan.
- Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003) and Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003), where the United States Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of the University of Michigan undergraduate and law schools’ affirmative action policies.
Our attorneys possess a broad range of experience in appellate courts around the country. Members of this group have clerked for judges in the Michigan Supreme Court and United States Courts of Appeal.
This Practice Group’s vast experience includes preparing briefs and arguing before numerous appellate courts of law, including:
- Michigan Court of Appeals
- Michigan Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal circuits
- United States Supreme Court
We also represent clients in appellate matters before federal and state administrative review bodies.
Butzel’s Appellate Law Practice Group is frequently retained to represent clients seeking to defend or challenge a result obtained by prior counsel. Our representation includes individual clients, entities across a broad range of commerce, plaintiffs, and defendants.
