Effective appellate advocacy is necessary if you are involved in litigation. Whether you win at trial or lose, either side can appeal.

At HSP, our trial litigators also are experienced appellate lawyers. Because of HSP’s appellate experience, our lawyers begin preparing your case for appeal from the very start of litigation. The key to the success of every appeal starts with the record made at the trial court level. Because HSP lawyers know how to win on appeal, they begin implementing winning appellate strategies as soon as a lawsuit begins. Although HSP attorneys are confident that they will achieve the best result for their clients at the trial court level, sometimes an appeal is necessary, to either defend a victory against the appeal of the losing party or secure the full relief owed to our clients. If an appeal is necessary, HSP attorneys are prepared and experienced to take an appeal to the highest level, even to the United States Supreme Court, to make sure that the case is correctly decided.

HSP attorneys handle appellate matters in state and federal courts, in civil and criminal cases, and from state administrative agencies.

Bruce R. Heurlin, one of the firm’s founding shareholders, has participated in over 50 appeals to the Arizona Court of Appeals, the Arizona Supreme Court, the Seventh, Ninth, Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Heurlin also has participated in appellate seminars. Appellate work is a substantial part of Mr. Heurlin’s practice.

Eric J. McNeilus began his career as a judicial clerk to the Honorable John Pelander of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division II. As a judicial clerk, Mr. McNeilus learned appellate procedure from inside the court of appeals and refined his persuasive writing skills. In his practice, Mr. McNeilus has handled appeals in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, before the Department of Economic Security Office of Appeals, and appeals from the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court to the Pima County Superior Court.