Compare California Appeals Lawyers | Reviews & Ratings

If you need legal help with appeals & appellate matters in California, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. California attorneys handle cases involving post-trial motions, appellate briefs, oral arguments, standards of review, and preservation of error, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in Superior Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

The statute of limitations for appeals & appellate matters in California is generally 2 years (CCP § 335.1), though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Superior Court, and California's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The State Bar of California sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on appeals & appellate in California bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

Choosing the right appeals & appellate attorney in California means evaluating more than just qualifications — it means finding someone who understands the local legal system and has handled similar cases. Use the profiles on this page to compare attorney experience, read client reviews, check office locations, and identify lawyers who offer free initial consultations. Taking the time to compare options can significantly affect your outcome.

For a detailed overview of how appeals & appellate law works in California — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to appeals & appellate law in California. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

Amanda Moran - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Moran Law Firm in Fresno, California
 1330 L Street, Suite A Fresno CA 93721
(559) 264-2688
California State University - Fresno
Bar #311090
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Divorce
Scott Anthony McMillan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The McMillan Law Firm, A Professional Corporation
 4670 Nebo Dr La Mesa CA 91941
(619) 464-1500
Western Sierra School of Law
Bar #212506
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate
Darshan Patel - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
DPA Attorneys at Law
 1650 Hotel Circle North Suite 120 San Diego CA 92108
(760) 372-0007
English, Gujarati, Hindi, Spanish
Bar #312423
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
David C. Codell - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of David C. Codell
 5670 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 1800 LOS ANGELES CA 92037
(310) 273-0306
Harvard Law School
English
Bar #200965
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
Donald Bruce Marks - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Marks & Brooklier, LLP
 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite# 300 Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 772-2287
Queens Coll
English
Bar #43538
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Shaun Kendig Boss - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Shaun Kendig Boss Law Firm
 306 Upas Street San Diego CA 92103
(619) 293-7937
University of San Diego
English
Bar #70227
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy
Forest Michele Wilkerson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Wilkerson & Mulligan, PC
 82-850 Highway 111 ste B Indio CA 92201
(760) 777-4322
Franklin Univ
Bar #235930
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Eugene Illovsky - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Illovsky Gates & Calia LLP.
 1611 Telegraph Avenue Suite 806 Oakland CA 94612
(510) 394-5885
Yale Law School (1983)
Bar #117892
State Bar of California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
Kirk Allen Lauby - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lauby, Mankin & Lauby LLP
 7700 Irvine Center Drive Suite 800 Irvine CA 92618
(951) 320-1444
Pepperdine University School of Law (2004)
Bar #82241
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Dean Harold McVay - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
 650 East Hospitality Lane Suite 600 San Bernardino CA 92408
(909) 381-7166
Vanderbilt University Law School (1987)
English
Bar #149742
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Health Care Law
Christopher Lyle Ludmer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
C L Ludmer, A Law Corporation
 13378 Burning Hills Dr Poway CA 92064
(619) 332-3370
Bucknell Univ
Bar #208411
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Criminal Law
Kevin R. Martin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Martin APC
 1939 Harrison Street, Suite 290 Oakland CA 94612
(510) 444-7600
Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
English
California Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Mani Dabiri - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Think Defense, APLC
 1 Park Plaza Suite 600 Irvine CA 92614
(714) 673-6798
University of Southern California Gould School of Law (2002)
Bar #241696
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Criminal Law
Melissa J. Fox - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Fox Firm
 14252 Culver Drive Suite A248 Irvine CA 92604
(949) 683-8855
Brandeis Univ
Bar #170105
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Construction Law
Gerald Barry Dorfman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Dorfman Law Office
 PO Box 1056 Mill Valley CA 94942
(415) 389-9590
Columbia University
Bar #107581
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Jason M. Horst - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Horst Legal Counsel, PC
 1855 San Miguel Road Suite 17 Walnut Creek CA 94596
(925) 433-5453
University of San Francisco School of Law
English
Bar #245370
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Robert Juan Saria - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 11344 Coloma Rd Suite 110 Gold River CA 95670
(916) 631-3553
Univ of Southern Calif
California Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Ryan Taiji Okabe - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Okabe & Haushalter
 1230 Rosecrans Ave 300 Manhattan Beach CA 90266
(310) 543-7708
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Bar #215964
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
Anthony Ellis Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
AER Legal, APC
 211 Hope St Ste 391803 Mountain View CA 94041
(650) 963-9670
Georgetown University Law Center (1987)
English, French, Spanish
Bar #147361
Texas Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Leslie Prince - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Russo & Prince
 One Harbor Center, Suite 230 Suisun City CA 94585
(707) 427-6777
Univ of California at Los Angeles
Bar #107732
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Francisco J. Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Katsuranis & Rodriguez, Attorneys at Law
 524 7th St. Oakland CA 94607
(510) 504-2030
New College of California SOL
Spanish
Bar #188459
Northern District of California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights Criminal Law
David Lincoln Axelrod - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sierra Law Office of David L. Axelrod
 Sierra Law Office of David L. Axelrod 121 Duncan Way Roseville CA 95678
(209) 533-4270
Univ of California Berkeley
Bar #138790
California State Courts Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights
Guy Ellery Louie - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Louie & Jimenez, LLP
 225 West Winton Avenue- Suite 200 Hayward CA 94533
(925) 234-1440
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (1990)
Bar #158008
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Michael Guisti - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Michael L. Guisti
 Newport Beach Newport Beach CA 92660
(949) 390-9898
Western State College of Law at Argosy University (1998)
Bar #200914
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Eric Alan Isaacson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Eric Alan Isaacson
 6580 Avenida Mirola La Jolla CA 92037-6231
(858) 263-9581
Harvard Divinity School (2021)
Bar #120584
Central District of California (federal) Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights
Michael Terence Lyons - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Michael T. Lyons
 2421 Calle Linares Santa Barbara CA 93109
(805) 570-0269
University of California - Santa Barbara
California Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Michael J. Hassen - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Reallaw, APC
 1981 N. Broadway, Suite 280 Walnut Creek CA 94596
(925) 359-7500
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (1986)
English
New York Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
Andrew Holley - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Andrew D. Holley - Lawyer for Immigrants, a PLC
 6801 Mission Street Suite 200 Daly City CA 94014
(530) 715-2300
Santa Clara University School of Law (2007)
English, Spanish
California Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Heather Bussing - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bussing Law
 PO BOX 1410 HEALDSBURG CA 95448
(707) 622-5156
University of Kansas School of Law
Bar #127556
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Employment Law
Dana Louise Curtis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Dana Curtis Mediation
 4000 Bridgeway Suite 401 Sausalito CA 94965
(415) 331-5158
Univ of Montana
Bar #132474
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Divorce
Paula Elaine Meyer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Paula E. Meyer & Associates, A Professional Law Corporation
 730 E Chapman Ave Orange CA 92866
(714) 505-6004
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Bar #109622
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Terrance James Evans - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Duane Morris LLP
 One Market Plaza, Spear Tower Suite 2200 San Francisco CA 94105
(415) 957-3130
Loyola University School of Law (2002)
Bar #227671
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Fredrick Michael Ray - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ray & Bishop PLC
 5000 Birch Street Suite 7000 Newport Beach CA 92660
(949) 557-4888
Univ of Illinois
Japanese
Bar #169063
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Gov & Administrative Law Health Care Law
Tahj Emmanuel Gomes - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Washington & Heithecker
 330 W 5th St Chico CA 95928
(530) 345-1647
California St Univ Chico
English
Bar #205254
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Insurance Defense
Dutch C Meyer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Monterey Peninsula Law Inc.
 31 Upper Ragsdale Dr., Suite 3 Monterey CA 93940
(831) 333-4444
Monterey College of Law (2006)
California Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Collections Estate Planning
Calvin Richard House - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Gutierrez Preciado & House, LLP
 3020 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena CA 91107
(626) 449-2300
Columbia Univ
Bar #134902
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Employment Law Municipal Law
Robert Thomas Haden - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Robert T. Haden
 2241 N St Merced CA 95340
(209) 723-3247
Golden Gate University School of Law (1980)
Bar #96427
California Bar
Inactive License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Estate Planning
Andrew Michael Wyatt - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Wyatt Law
 20750 Ventura Blvd Ste 440 Woodland Hills CA 91364
(818) 710-3813
Bar #158759
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Nickolas John Dibiaso - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fennemore
 8080 N Palm Ave 3RD FL Fresno CA 93711
(559) 432-4500
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (1968)
Bar #43885
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Construction Law
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