Appellate Practice
Aug. 5, 2025
Why your trial team needs an embedded appellate lawyer
More trial teams are embedding appellate specialists from the outset, recognizing that collaboration between trial and appellate counsel can help preserve issues, avoid waived errors and strengthen outcomes long before the appeal begins.
Kirk Jenkins
Partner
Law Offices of Kirk C. Jenkins.
Phone: (312) 607-6409
Harvard Law School
Kirk is a certified specialist in appellate law.
When I became an appellate specialist, our cases began in the
"classic" way -- with an adverse judgment or an opponent's notice of appeal. Today,
that's becoming less commonplace. Increasingly, clients are recognizing the
value of embedding an appellate specialist in the trial team.
The practice began in the insurance industry, but spread from there to Big Pharm...
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