LTL has an extensive appellate practice, employing our exceptional written advocacy and deep understanding of crucial legal issues. LTL’s appellate practice, which focuses on persuading judges, requires a different perspective than that of LTL’s trial practice, which focuses on establishing facts and persuading a jury.

In just the past year, LTL lawyers have briefed and argued five appeals—three in the Ninth Circuit and two in the California Courts of Appeal.  Of these, LTL lawyers have already won two appeals, with the other three currently pending.

Representative Matters - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

•    LTL attorney K. Luan Tran recently won an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of Appellee The Elvis Presley Estates. In a 3-0 decision, Judges Pamela Rymer, Andrew Kleinfeld, and Barry Silverman agreed with LTL that defendants engaged in fraudulent conveyances to avoid a multi-million dollar copyright judgment. 

•    LTL attorney Enoch Liang recently argued a complicated trademark matter before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Judges Pregerson, Reinhardt, and Wardlaw).  The issues on appeal involved trademark priority, territoriality, and fraud on the Trademark Office.  The appeal is currently pending.

•    In early March 2010, LTL attorney Daniel Taylor argued an Anti-SLAPP appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Judges Tunheim, Canby, and Fletcher).  Below, LTL had obtained a complete anti-SLAPP victory for its client, including an award of attorneys fees.  The losing plaintiff below appealed.  The appeal is currently pending.

Representative Matters - California Courts of Appeal

•    LTL was retained to handle the appeal after the client, represented by another firm, lost a jury verdict of several hundred thousand dollars.  LTL attorneys K. Luan Tran and Daniel Taylor worked on the appellate brief, which Mr. Taylor argued before a panel of the Fourth Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal in early 2010.  The panel recently issued a decision reversing the verdict and ordering a new trial unless the plaintiff agrees to reduce the damages award to $4,000.

•    LTL was less than one month before trial in a case involving a multi-million dollar corporate fraud dispute.  LTL successfully moved to disqualify opposing counsel on the grounds that he previously represented one of the individual defendants.  The disqualified counsel appealed, and LTL has filed responsive brief with the California Court of Appeal.  The parties are awaiting the oral argument schedule.

•    LTL attorney Daniel Taylor previously prosecuted and argued an appeal concerning application of California's Arbitration Act.  The appeal resulted in a published opinion, which can be found at 150 Cal. App. 4th 1311 (2007).