Because the appeal process is often the most challenging aspect of legal representation, experience should be a key factor in selecting a firm. Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's appellate lawyers have years of experience and are known and respected by appellate judges. Most of our appellate lawyers exclusively practice appellate litigation.

Our Appellate Group's experience includes handling close to 1000 appeals at all levels of state and federal courts. Our appellate attorneys appear before appellate courts throughout the U.S.

As a result of our experience in complex issues, clients call on our firm to represent them in a wide variety of appellate matters. Bullivant has established important precedents in cases involving:

  • Constitutional law (Three cases accepted and argued in the United States Supreme Court)
  • Civil rights litigation
  • ERISA
  • Liability of public employees and public bodies
  • Professional liability
  • Personal injury litigation
  • Commercial litigation
  • Tax litigation
  • Employment litigation
  • Antitrust litigation
  • Securities litigation
  • Environmental litigation

Members of the Appellate Group frequently speak at seminars focusing on appellate issues, and they author chapters in appellate manuals for the Oregon State Bar, the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, and the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. Our appellate attorneys actively participate in the American Bar Association Section on Appellate Advocacy and Practice, the Defense Research Institute's Appellate Advocacy Committee, the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Amicus Committee, and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Representative cases handled by the Bullivant appellate department include the following:

  • Ram Technical Services, Inc. v. Koresko, 215 Or App 449 (2007) (involving application of claim preclusion to bar plaintiffs' claims).
  • East County Recycling, Inc. v. Pneumatic Const., Inc., 214 Or App 573 (2007) (involving the sufficiency of affidavit evidence presented in opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment).
  • Valencia v. Crane Co., 132 Fed. Appx. 171 (9th Cir. 2005) (involving products liability claims against the manufacturer of a vending machine).
  • Lewis-Williamson v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co., 179 Or App 491 (2002) (involving the existence of a special relationship giving rise to tort duties).
  • Bird v. Lewis and Clark College, 303 F.3d 1015 (9th Cir. 2002) (involving a student's claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act).
  • Woodfeathers, Inc. v. Washington County, Oregon, 180 F.3d 1017 (9th Cir. 1999) (involving application of abstention principles to constitutional challenge to county's solid waste ordinance).
  • Clackamas County v. 102 Marijuana Plants, 323 Or 680 (1996) (involving constitutional challenges to the civil forfeiture statute).
  • Pacific Northwest Generating Co-op v. Brown, 38 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir. 1994) (involving standing to sue under the Endangered Species Act).