Experience
The rules are different in appellate courts, and a panel of appellate judges is a unique audience. Zimmerman Booher is a unique law firm that focuses on appeals because we understand those rules and work with them to produce the best possible result for our clients. Our attorneys have the specific skills and experience necessary to maximize your chances of success in the appellate court.
Based in Salt Lake City, our attorneys have briefed, argued, or authored opinions in over 2,000 appeals. Our emphasis is in the Utah Supreme Court and the Utah Court of Appeals, but our attorneys have handled appeals in courts across the country, including the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, the California Supreme Court, the California Court of Appeals, the Iowa Supreme Court, the Iowa Court of Appeals, the Minnesota Court of Appeals, and the Nevada Supreme Court.
Below are just a few examples of oral arguments and briefs that demonstrate our work. Please contact us for additional examples and/or to discuss your case.
Representative Cases
Meinhard v. State (2016)
Utah Supreme Court reverses denial of post-conviction DNA testing of crime scene evidence.
Gordon v. State (2016)
Utah Supreme Court reverses denial of post-conviction DNA testing of crime scene evidence.
Simmons Media Group v. Waykar (2014)
Utah Court of Appeals affirms judgment declaring breach of a option agreement in an outdoor advertising lease and awarding lost profits damages.
Helf v. Chevron (2015)
Utah Supreme Court reverses summary judgment dismissing employee’s tort claim against Chevron based upon an industrial accident and interpreting Utah’s Worker’s Compensation Act.
State v. Clopten (2009)
Utah Supreme Court vacates murder conviction on the ground that the trial court should have allowed expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identifications.
Egbert v. Nissan Motor Co. (2010)
Utah Supreme Court clarifies that the jury must apportion fault in crashworthiness cases and rejects constitutional challenge to comparative fault statute.
State v. Charles (2011)
Utah Court of Appeals vacates murder conviction based upon trial counsel’s ineffective assistance.
Robinson v. Taylor (2015)
Utah Supreme Court vacates medical malpractice verdict because evidence of prior criminal convention was inadmissible under rules 608 and 609.
Sawyer v. Department of Workforce Services (2015)
Utah Supreme Court reversing administrative decision regarding teacher’s employment benefits.
Butler v. Corporation of President of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (2014)
Utah Supreme Court confirms that an interlocutory order must be final before it is eligible to be certified as a final judgment under rule 54(b).
Carlos v. Department of Workforce Services (2013)
Utah Court of Appeals reversing administrative determination and concluding that bail bond agents were “insurance agents” within the meaning of the Utah Insurance Code.
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