When deciding whether to appeal of a New Jersey trial court decision or New Jersey administrative law decision, consider the following:
· Many New Jersey trial judges and New Jersey administrative law judges are overturned on appeal.
· New Jersey trial courts and New Jersey administrative judges often commit reversible error when interpreting New Jersey statutes, New Jersey administrative regulations, New Jersey common law and New Jersey court rules.
· New Jersey trial courts and New Jersey administrative judges often commit reversible error by failing to properly apply the facts of a dispute to the law that applies to the case.
· The procedural history and/or substantive legal issues of many cases provide multiple grounds for appeal.
· A pending New Jersey appeal may bring your opponent to the table to negotiate a settlement of the case before the New Jersey appeal is heard. For example, the Appellate Division has a settlement panel program that may resolve your dispute prior to the adjudication of your New Jersey appeal.
· Allowing a trial court, appellate court or administrative judge’s bad legal decision to stand could affect future cases, causing you difficulty on other cases you handle in the future.
· If you performed many hours of work on the case and lost before a New Jersey trial court or before a New Jersey administrative judge, you may owe it to yourself and your client to try to reverse an erroneous decision.
· If you win on a New Jersey appeal, you may gain new respect from adversaries or peers who you frequently see in court.
· If you prevail on a New Jersey appeal and your case becomes published, you could establish a reputation on the subject of the appeal superior to that held by many other attorneys in your area of practice. Few things strengthen a lawyer’s reputation like a published opinion in which they represented the prevailing party.
· If you prevail on a New Jersey appeal, your client may be forever grateful and you may thereby vindicate yourself and your client.
· Unless you take an appeal of a New Jersey decision that you believe is incorrect, you shall never know if you could have turned the tables on your case.
Consider the appellate services of Paul DePetris. Paul DePetris has:
· Written New Jersey appellate briefs for many law firms on a wide variety of substantive and procedural issues.
· Helped law firms prosecute and defend New Jersey appeals.
· Helped law firms oppose motions filed in New Jersey appellate courts.
· Counseled law firms on the details of New Jersey appellate practice.
· Helped law firms to overturn trial court decisions.
· Helped law firms prosecute and defend appeals.
For a no obligation phone consultation, pick up the phone and call the Law Office of Paul DePetris at 609-714-2020 or send the firm an email at consumerlaw@newjerseylemon.com.