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THE U.S. AND CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURTS

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NATIONAL AND REGIONAL APPELLATE STRATEGY

35+

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500+

Wins on Appeal

20

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Robert A. Olson

More than 30 years ago Bob Olson found his passion and calling for appellate law. It started with a clerkship with Hon. Anthony Kennedy, then on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after graduating Order of the Coif from Stanford Law School. He eventually found his way to GMSR where he has practiced for nearly three decades.

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Appellate Insights

Appellate Insights E-Deadlines En Route To Appeal

4.17.2019 Laurie J. Hepler

news GMSR Appellate Attorneys Recognized as “California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year” Based on Their Work in Shaping Both Arbitration Law and Attorney Ethical Standards

4.16.2019 Kent L. Richland, Jeffrey E. Raskin Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement

publication GMSR’s Alana Rotter reviews what juror affidavits can—and cannot—establish for post-trial motions

4.02.2019 Alana H. Rotter

win Court of Appeal reverses denial of jury trial, refusing to apply New York law

3.28.2019 Business Litigation

news GMSR Partner David Hackett Elected to the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Los Angeles County Law Library

3.20.2019 David E. Hackett

Appellate Insights The Times They Are A Changin’

3.15.2019 Alana H. Rotter

publication GMSR’s Alana Rotter reviews what litigators can do at trial to strengthen an appeal in IMLA Municipal Lawyer

3.02.2019 Alana H. Rotter

publication GMSR’s Robin Meadow co-authors article explaining the ins and outs of statements of decision

3.01.2019 Robin Meadow

publication GMSR’s Alana Rotter reviews the standards for getting writ relief in California and federal courts in the abtl Report

2.26.2019 Alana H. Rotter

win An insurance company can terminate its agents for reasons not specifically listed in the governing agency agreements

2.22.2019 Insurance Law

Appellate Insights How Long Now?

2.18.2019 Laurie J. Hepler

win Court of Appeal reverses order denying GMSR’s client’s motion to disqualify opposing party’s law firm

1.17.2019

win Employer owes no duty to the general public to keep drug-addled employee at work through the end of his shift or to prevent him from driving intoxicated after being told to leave the premises.

1.15.2019 Labor & Employment/Agency

Appellate Insights Inside The Jury Room

1.15.2019

win Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment entitling bank to collect on defaulted loans

1.10.2019 Business Litigation

win Court of Appeal affirms trial court’s order voiding jurisdictionally invalid default judgment

12.21.2018 Civil Procedure

Appellate Insights Halt!

11.13.2018 Alana H. Rotter

Appellate Insights Is This Appealable?

10.12.2018 Laurie J. Hepler

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