Appeals & Writs

Lascher & Lascher has chosen to focus on appeals, writs and trial consultation. By limiting our areas of practice, our clients receive a level of quality and expertise often lacking in firms with a more general practice.

We help trial counsel make more focused, more persuasive presentations, heading off potential appeals.

We handle demurrers, summary judgment motions, and post trial motions.
Trial counsel's selection and presentation of facts and objections frequently determines the outcome of appeals. To preserve the record, trial lawyers strategize with us.
We focus on the legal issues from a fresh perspective, the same way reviewing courts examine cases. We keep up with current "hot" issues.
Special rules apply to appeals. We are familiar with the procedures and time limits which apply in the higher courts.

Thorough evaluation before initiating an appeal can avoid costly mistakes. While we aggressively represent our clients, we also carefully evaluate settlement possibilities. All our attorneys have received alternative dispute resolution training. Wendy Cole Lascher is an experienced arbitrator, mediator and pro-tem judge who regularly volunteers as a settlement officer for the Second District Court of Appeal and as a settlement mediator for the Ventura Superior Court.
Well-written briefs are crucial for succeeding on appeal. We are experts at articulating facts, law, and public policy in concise and persuasive briefs.
Oral argument on appeal is different from questioning a witness or arguing to a jury. We are comfortable appearing in person at every level from administrative hearings to the United States Supreme Court.
Different rules govern proceedings after the initial appellate decision. We have extensive experience with all aspects of post-appeal practice, including petitions for rehearing, requests to publish or de-publish an opinion, cost and attorney's fee motions, petitions for review, petitions for certiorari, and Supreme Court briefs.

Lascher & Lascher, A Professional Corporation.
605 Poli Street - P.O. Box 25540 - Ventura, CA 93002 - phone: (805) 648-3228 - fax: (805) 643-7692 - email: mail@lascher.com