SPU #2

This document summarizes an appellate lawyer's skill set and how they can add value at the trial court level. It discusses how appellate lawyers can help with positioning cases for potential appeal by identifying appealable issues, issues of interest to appellate courts, and developing these issues. Appellate lawyers can also assist with strategic planning and analysis, motions and responses, trial briefing, jury charge preparation, and error preservation to strengthen a case for appeal. The document provides examples of how appellate lawyers can contribute at different stages of litigation from pre-trial through post-trial motions.