Kline & Specter's appellate practice is staffed with distinguished and experienced attorneys who are as skilled on briefing matters as they are in arguing before appellate panels.
The practice is headed by Chip Becker, who is recognized by publications and peers as one of the best appellate lawyers in Pennsylvania. Andra Laidacker, another Kline & Specter partner, is also one of Pennsylvania's finest appellate lawyers, having developed her extensive knowledge of Pennsylvania law and appellate practice clerking for former Chief Justice Ron Castille of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and serving on the Supreme Court's Appellate Courts Procedural Rules Committee. Kim Collins has recently joined the appellate practice after clerking for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Sallie Mundy and then practicing law with some of Pennsylvania's finest law firms.
Kline & Specter's appellate team integrates their understanding of substantive and procedural law with experience in appellate practice and with a fierce commitment to protecting the firm's clients. This combination has led the appellate practice to be recognized as a leading appellate practice in Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs' lawyers frequently turn to Kline & Specter's appellate lawyers when seeking help protecting large jury verdicts or seeking amicus curiae support on important legal issues.
From helping in the drafting of complaints and discovery motions to handling post-trial issues to arguing before appellate courts, the practice is deeply involved in all aspects of the firm's cases. The firm's appellate lawyers are consulted on whether to take cases from the outset and on issues at every step through the litigation process. Its lawyers are as adept at defending favorable outcomes as they are in pursuing reversal of an adverse decision.
Because of the firm's appellate practice, defense attorneys and their clients know that Kline & Specter has the ability and commitment to litigate at every conceivable stage of the litigation system -- from trial courts to the United States Supreme Court.
Kline & Specter has a team of attorneys who are well-versed with the appellate process. They are highly capable of defending against an appeal or pursuing reversal of a decision or verdict in a number of practice areas, including medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, civil rights, automobile accidents, workplace injuries and pharmaceutical litigation. Click here to Click here to contact an appeals attorney.
Appellate News
- Mitsubishi's Trial Loss Over Defective Seat Belt Upped to $1B, Law360, 5/1/24
- As Stakes Escalate, Kline & Specter Begin Defending Phila.'s Largest Verdicts Post-Trial, The Legal Intelligencer, 1/31/2024
- Challenge to State Damages Cap Lands Back in Commonwealth Court After High Court Denies Immediate Review, The Legal Intelligencer, 8/22/22
- Becker files amicus brief in Genuardi case, The Legal Intelligencer 4/12/12
- PA Superior Court panel upholds $8.75M Blumer verdict, PA Law Weekly 5/16/11
- Becker interviewed on rare King's Bench petition ruling, The Legal Intelligencer 12/16/10
- Firm wins important decision on expert witnesses, The Legal Intelligencer 11/22/10
- Judge cuts Medicaid lien in Mckinney appeal argued by Becker, The Legal Intgelligencer 8/26/10
- Becker wins drug lawsuit venue appeal, Legal Intelligencer, 3/22/10
- Becker comments on the Haun v. Phoenixville Hospital case, The Legal Intelligencer 11/30/09
- Specter, Becker, author article on products liability law, 11/16/09
- Charles Becker interviewed on product liability doctrine, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, 9/21/09
- Specter, Becker author op-ed: The Exxon Decision: Another Bad Call on Punitive Damages, The Legal Intelligencer 11/18/2008; A Response and Rebuttal, PA Justice News 1/09
- Specter, Becker obtain key ruling protecting children's medical expenses, The Legal Intelligencer 11/7/08
- Pre-Emption Issue Weighed in Label Cases, The Legal Intelligencer 12/13/07
- U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal, case concluded, The Legal Intelligencer 11/28/2007
- Kline & Specter Starts Appellate Practice With Addition of Becker, The legal Intelligencer 5/16/2007
- Pittsburgh Judge Applies 1925(b) Waiver in Pro Se Litigant's Appeal, The Legal Intelligencer 5/9/2007
- Opinion Could Bring More 1925(b) Confusion, The Legal Intelligencer 4/4/2007
- Big Verdicts, Big Vacancies Top Phila. Courts' Stories in '06, The Legal Intelligencer 12/21/2006
- Key 1925(b) Appeal To Go Before High Court, The Legal Intelligencer 10/30/2006
- Judges Reject 1925(b) Argument, The Legal Intelligencer 8/30/2006
- 2006 Lawyers on the Fast Track, The Legal Intelligencer 8/28/2006
