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GMSR Defines Success
One Client At A Time.
Respected by Courts;
Trusted by Clients.
GMSR Defines Success
One Client At A Time.
Winning on Appeal.
Shaping the Law.
Respected by Courts;
Trusted by Clients.

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600+

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23

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news GMSR Service Day Fall 2024
10.31.2024
win Court of Appeal reverses denial of anti-SLAPP motion, rejecting trial court’s reliance on the public interest exception
10.21.2024 Anti-SLAPP Law
win Ninth Circuit adopts GMSR’s arguments, reversing denial of qualified immunity and anti-SLAPP relief
10.15.2024 Government Liability
Appellate Insights Should You File Post-Judgment Motions?
10.14.2024 Alana H. Rotter
news GMSR Welcomes Hayley MacMillen To The Team
10.07.2024 Hayley MacMillen
news Harvard Law grad Brandon Broukhim joins GMSR as the firm’s latest appellate fellow
9.20.2024 Brandon Broukhim
win GMSR persuades Court of Appeal that mobilehome park owner did not create a nuisance by installing solar panels
9.13.2024 Real Property
Appellate Insights Do Unto Others – Appellate Edition
9.12.2024 Laurie J. Hepler
publication Appellate Success in California
9.12.2024 Laurie J. Hepler
win Ninth Circuit affirms summary judgment for GMSR’s sheriff deputy client
9.09.2024 Constitutional Law
win Court of Appeal reverses more than $5 million in civil penalties and attorney fees assessed against GMSR’s property-owner client
9.03.2024 Landowner Liability
win GMSR persuades California Supreme Court that economic loss rule doesn’t bar all fraudulent concealment claims between contracting parties
8.23.2024 Lemon Law
news “Best Lawyers®” Recognizes GMSR Lawyers For Appellate Practice
8.19.2024 Kent L. Richland, Robin Meadow, Cynthia E. Tobisman, Edward L. Xanders (Ted), Laurie J. Hepler, Alana H. Rotter, Timothy T. Coates, Robert A. Olson, Gary J. Wax, Jeffrey E. Raskin, Jeffrey Gurrola, Joseph Bui, Marco Pulido, Laura Lim, Stefan C. Love
Appellate Insights Dicta or Holding?
8.12.2024 Gary J. Wax
Appellate Insights The Oral Argument Paradox
7.18.2024 Jeffrey E. Raskin
news WEBINAR—The Appeal Killers: Ways To Avoid Dooming Your Appeal Before You Even Get There
7.01.2024 Alana H. Rotter, Jeffrey Gurrola
Appellate Insights Four Ways To Create A Clear Record For Appeal
6.11.2024 Alana H. Rotter
Appellate Insights Why Headings Matter in Appellate Briefs
5.13.2024 Laurie J. Hepler