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APPELLATE LITIGATION
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Roger C. Wilson has represented clients in appeals in state and federal courts, in civil and criminal cases, including at the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. These have included cases in which he had not been counsel for the client at the underlying trial.
For examples, in a criminal case he obtained a reversal by the Georgia Supreme Court of a conviction and 20-year sentence of a client whom he had not represented at the trial. The Supreme Court reversed the conviction based on violations by the police of the client's Constitutional rights against self-incrimination and to the assistance of counsel. nd in another, civil case Roger obtained a reversal by that Supreme Court of a summary judgment that had been entered against his clients at trial, where Roger also had not represented them, in a case in which those clients had sought to set aside certain dispositions of their mother's assets, post-mortem, on the basis that those dispositions violated federal laws on banking and financial instruments. After obtaining the appellate reversal for those clients, he represented the clients in obtaining entry of judgment in their favor in the trial court after the case was remanded to it by the Supreme Court.
Roger has published in the State Bar of Georgia Appellate Practice Section publication on revisions of the rules and procedures for appellate litigation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Obviously, we are willing and able to pursue appeals on behalf of clients even when we did not represent them at trial. Also, we believe that our experience and abilities in handling appeals benefit our clients whom we do represent at the trial or pretrial level. Of course, there is the advantage of not having to obtain new counsel if an appeal is to be filed, by the client or the opponent. In addition, we can offer our clients what we believe are the negotiating and strategic advantages at the trial and pretrial level of having a counsel who can readily represent the client in any possible future appellate context.
For examples, in a criminal case he obtained a reversal by the Georgia Supreme Court of a conviction and 20-year sentence of a client whom he had not represented at the trial. The Supreme Court reversed the conviction based on violations by the police of the client's Constitutional rights against self-incrimination and to the assistance of counsel. nd in another, civil case Roger obtained a reversal by that Supreme Court of a summary judgment that had been entered against his clients at trial, where Roger also had not represented them, in a case in which those clients had sought to set aside certain dispositions of their mother's assets, post-mortem, on the basis that those dispositions violated federal laws on banking and financial instruments. After obtaining the appellate reversal for those clients, he represented the clients in obtaining entry of judgment in their favor in the trial court after the case was remanded to it by the Supreme Court.
Roger has published in the State Bar of Georgia Appellate Practice Section publication on revisions of the rules and procedures for appellate litigation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Obviously, we are willing and able to pursue appeals on behalf of clients even when we did not represent them at trial. Also, we believe that our experience and abilities in handling appeals benefit our clients whom we do represent at the trial or pretrial level. Of course, there is the advantage of not having to obtain new counsel if an appeal is to be filed, by the client or the opponent. In addition, we can offer our clients what we believe are the negotiating and strategic advantages at the trial and pretrial level of having a counsel who can readily represent the client in any possible future appellate context.
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