From the time of its founding, Schnader has focused on appellate advocacy as a specialized aspect of litigation. The Firm’s founders developed a vibrant appellate practice in both federal and state courts, with Bernard G. Segal, one of the foremost appellate advocates of his day, arguing scores of appeals throughout the country, including a dozen cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. In recent years, the Firm’s Appellate Practice Group has featured such preeminent appellate litigators as former Third Circuit Judges Arlin Adams and Timothy Lewis, James Crawford, former Superior Court of Pennsylvania Judge Carl Solano, Nancy Winkelman and Bruce Merenstein.
The work of Schnader’s Appellate Practice Group includes briefing and arguing civil and criminal appeals; appellate consulting and mooting of oral advocates; and trial-level appellate advising. We handle matters in both federal and state appellate courts throughout the country, and in particular appear regularly in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Pennsylvania state appellate courts.
While our traditional appellate-court work remains the bulk of our practice, we find that clients increasingly are turning to our appellate specialists for assistance at the earliest stages of litigation. Our trial-level work encompasses pre-litigation strategizing on the most promising legal claims or defenses; taking the lead in dispositive motion practice, motions in limine, jury instructions, and post-trial briefing; sitting in on trials to advise on strategy and preservation of issues; and generally advising as to how best to frame and litigate issues in the trial court with an eye toward future appellate review. In our appellate consulting role, we assist other lawyers by providing strategic advice, reviewing briefs, and holding moot courts.
Our appellate lawyers are nationally recognized in their field. Members of our Appellate Practice Group have been elected to such prestigious groups as the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and the American Law Institute. We serve on appellate rules and practice committees; hold leadership positions in bar association groups devoted to appellate practice; write and lecture frequently on appellate issues; teach appellate practice courses at law schools; and are contacted by the media for explanation of appellate issues in the news. Our Practice Group regularly receives recognition as the top appellate group in Philadelphia and in Pennsylvania.
Schnader’s Recent Noteworthy Appellate Cases
- In re Trust Under Agreement of Edward Winslow Taylor (Pa. 2017)
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania unanimously reversed a Superior Court decision that had allowed trust beneficiaries to skirt the statutory requirements for removing a corporate trustee. In the decision in favor of Wells Fargo, the Court agreed with Schnader’s argument that removal of a trustee was governed by the specific Uniform Trust Act provision on this topic and beneficiaries could not rely on a more general trust-modification provision to avoid the requirements for removing a trustee.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Graham B. Spanier (Pa. Super. 2016)
The Firm’s client, Dr. Graham Spanier, the former President of Penn State University, was charged with crimes arising out of the investigation of former Penn State assistant football coach Gerald Sandusky. In January 2016, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed a trial court ruling denying Dr. Spanier’s motion to dismiss charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy, and dismissed those charges. The appellate court issued three lengthy opinions in Dr. Spanier’s case and the related appeals involving two other former administrators in which the court found fault with the conduct of the grand jury proceedings, the lead prosecutor in those proceedings, and Dr. Spanier’s counsel during those proceedings (the former Penn State general counsel).
- Alumni Association of New Jersey Institute of Technology v. New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ. Super. App. Div. 2016)
Schnader successfully represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology in a state-court lawsuit brought by a disaffiliated alumni association. On the alumni association’s appeal, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court affirmed the rulings in NJIT’s favor, rejecting the association’s arguments that NJIT breached a contract or violated the association’s trademark or First Amendment rights. The New Jersey Supreme Court denied the alumni association’s certification request and awarded costs to NJIT.
- Liberatore v. Monongahela Railway Company (Pa. Super. 2016)
Railroads represented by Schnader on appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania obtained a reversal of a trial court ruling that the railroads improperly deducted certain amounts from a plaintiff’s Federal Employers Liability Act verdict for taxes the railroads had paid on the plaintiff’s behalf and disability benefits the plaintiff had received. The trial court ruled that the railroads had forfeited their right to take these deductions because they failed to file a post-trial motion and that they were not entitled to deduct the funds from the verdict. The Superior Court disagreed on all counts, in a 39-page precedential opinion adopting the railroad’s position on all issues.
- Wygant v. General Electric (Pa. Super. 2015)
Schnader was lead counsel for General Electric Co. in a Pennsylvania Superior Court appeal in which the court held that a two-year asbestos statute of limitations applied to bar a wrongful death claim filed more than two years after the decedent was diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease. The decision affirmed a trial court ruling in General Electric’s favor that a prior asbestos statute of limitations was revived when a later statute purporting to repeal that earlier statute was declared void by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Superior Court also affirmed the trial court’s ruling that all asbestos claims for personal injury or death must be brought within two years of the diagnosis of the asbestos-related disease.
- School Dist. of Philadelphia v. Pa. Dep’t of Education (Pa. 2014)
On behalf of the School District of Philadelphia, Schnader obtained reversal of a Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruling that the Pennsylvania Department of Education was required to pay a charter school out of School District subsidy funds for all of the charter school’s students, even those enrolled in excess of an agreed-upon cap. In the School District’s appeal to the state supreme court, that court held that the Department and the lower court had misinterpreted both the relevant statute relating to enrollment caps and the applicable charter agreement.
- Landay v. Rite Aid of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Pa. 2014)
In a matter of first impression, Schnader obtained a holding that provisions of the Pennsylvania Medical Records Act that regulate charges for obtaining medical records from health care facilities and providers do not apply to Pennsylvania pharmacies.
- In re Estate of McFadden (Pa. Super. 2014)
After successfully obtaining rehearing en banc, Schnader obtained reversal of a decision construing a clause in a testamentary trust to require the trust’s termination 21 years after the death of the testator’s last-surviving child. The clause was written to comply with the common-law rule against perpetuities and was capable of a construction that permitted a much longer duration, thereby postponing taxation of the estate.
- Snizavich v. Rohm and Haas Co. (Pa. Super. 2013)
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld entry of summary judgment in favor of Schnader’s client Rohm and Haas in a wrongful death case brought by the estate of a pipefitter who was alleged to have developed brain cancer from working at a Rohm and Haas facility. The trial court held that the plaintiff’s causation expert failed to support his opinion with scientific authority demonstrating a link between the decedent’s illness and the defendant, and therefore, summary judgment for Rohm and Haas was warranted. The Superior Court affirmed these holdings.
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Yorty v. PJM Interconnection LLC (Pa. Super. 2013)
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania directed that judgment be entered in favor of Schnader’s client PJM Interconnection LLC, the entity that coordinates the flow of electricity on the interstate electric grid in the mid-Atlantic United States, in a suit that sought to impose liability on PJM for injuries suffered by an electrician employee of a utility in PJM’s geographic territory while working on his employer’s transmission lines.
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Foxwoods Casino v. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Pa. Commw. 2012)
An en banc Commonwealth Court panel rejected all challenges to the decision of Schnader’s client the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to revoke a $50 million casino license.
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Citizens Bank v. Cambridge Warren LLC (Pa. Super. 2012)
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated confessed judgments entered against Schnader’s client Cambridge Warren on the ground that the parties’ agreements did not permit the confessed judgments.
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In re Estate of Elkins (Pa. Super. 2012)
The en banc Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the Orphans’ Court’s award to Schnader’s client the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (the medical school of Drexel University) of the funds held in a trust established in 1919 by George Elkins for the benefit of Hahnemann Hospital, when Hahnemann was acquired by a for-profit health system and the charitable purpose of the Elkins Trust therefore failed.
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Gates v. Rohm & Haas Co. (3d Cir. 2011)
The Third Circuit affirmed the denial of class certification in an action against Schnader’s client Rohm & Haas seeking recovery for medical monitoring and property damage on behalf of the residents of a village in northern Illinois who allegedly were threatened with harm by a chemical used at a facility acquired by Rohm and Haas. The Court held that differences in the scientific evidence applicable to the residents’ claims made a class of plaintiffs seeking medical monitoring and property damage insufficiently cohesive to enable certification.
- NavCom Def. Elecs. Inc. v. Gould Elecs. Inc. (Cal. Ct. App. 2011)
The California Court of Appeal affirmed a grant of summary judgment to Schnader’s client in a contractual dispute between former and current property owners regarding allocation of responsibility for a $42 million environmental clean-up.
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Estate of Fridenberg v. Commonwealth (Pa. 2011)
In a trust case involving a major bank client, Schnader convinced the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to overturn its 60-year-old precedent limiting the commissions from principal that a corporate trustee could receive.
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Rabatin v. Allied Glove Corp. (Pa. Super. 2011)
In an asbestos case in which the plaintiff alleged that he contracted mesothelioma from working with turbines installed in a U.S. Steel plant, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the grant of summary judgment for Schnader’s client General Electric Co. on the basis of a construction statute of repose, holding that the turbines designed by General Electric were permanent fixtures and thus covered by the statute.
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News & Publications
- Schnader receives rankings in the 2023 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”
- Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America
- Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers Named
- Third Circuit Confirms That A Post-Verdict Rule 50(B) Motion Must Be Based On Grounds Specifically Advanced In A Pre-Verdict Rule 50(A) Motion
- Schnader a Tier One Firm in “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Third Circuit Takes Broad View of Rule 23(c)(4) Issue-Class Certification
- Protecting Privacy Rights and Opposing the Release of Personally-Identifying Information of Every Registered Voter in Pennsylvania
- Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America
- Above the Fray: Changing the Stakes of Supreme Court Selection and Enhancing Legitimacy
- Paul Titus Receives Eric W. Springer Professionalism Award of Hay-Sell Pittsburgh American Inn of Court
- Schnader Attorneys Named to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List
- Schnader a Tier One Firm in 2021 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Timothy Lewis Reflects on the Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- The Complete Appellate Advocate: Beyond Brief Writing
- Law That Saves Lives
- Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America
- Timothy Lewis Receives Two Appointments – The Council on Criminal Justice and The Appellate Project
- PA Super Lawyers Named
- Schnader a Tier One Firm in 2020 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Against PA in Turnpike Tolls Case
- Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020
- Schnader’s Appellate Team Wins Third Circuit Reversal of Asylum Petition Dismissal and Halts Deportation of Political Refugee from Nepal
- Schnader Lawyers Named to PA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Bruce Merenstein Selected as Fellow of American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
- Schnader a Tier One Firm in 2019 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Establishes New Requirement for Preservation of Certain Jury-Instruction Errors in Civil Cases
- Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2019
- Third Circuit Sets Precedent on FDCPA Statute of Limitations
- Schnader Helps Secure Appellate Victory with Significant Implications for Claims of Actual Innocence
- Third Circuit and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Issue Important Appellate Jurisdiction Decisions With Lessons for Trial and Appellate Lawyers
- Bruce Merenstein Quoted in “Quiet Time? Oral Arguments Disappear in Federal Appeals Courts” in National Law Journal
- Many Schnader Lawyers Named to PA Super Lawyers
- Supreme Court Holds That Consolidated Cases Retain Their Independence for Purposes of Appeal
- Bruce Merenstein’s Oral Argument Recapped in Law360
- Bruce Merenstein Offers Comments on PA Cases
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Schnader a Tier One Firm in 2018 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2017
- Schnader Achieves Back-to-Back Appellate Victories for Railroads
- A Motion by any Other Name…
- Bruce Merenstein Comments on Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rulings
- Paul Titus and Arleigh Helfer Receive Advocacy Award
- Schnader Helps Secure Victory for Pro Se Incarcerated Defendants
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Holds That Failure to File Brief in Support of Properly Filed Post-Trial Motion Does Not Waive Issues on Appeal
- Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual (Third Edition)
- Third Circuit Holds That Arguments Incorporated by Reference to Lower Court Briefs Are Waived
- “The Third Circuit, Notice and Access for Pro Se Prisoners”
- “Pennsylvania’s Appellate Courts Strike Out on Their Own Collateral Order Path”
- Doing More with Less: Forthcoming Changes to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
- Schnader a Tier One Firm in 2017 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Many Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2016
- The Road Not Taken Leads to Forfeiture of an Appeal
- Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal Where Post-Trial Movant Refused to Recreate Missing Trial Record
- “A View from the Sidelines 2: Oral Arguments and the New Supreme Court”
- Schnader Obtains Significant Appellate Victory for New Jersey Institute of Technology
- An Injunction By Another Name May Still Immediately Be Appealed
- Schnader Obtains Favorable Appellate Decision for Railroads
- “Showing and Not Telling in Appellate Advocacy”
- New Jersey Civil Practice: Appellate Review
- “Rebuttal, Reply, Riposte: A Detailed Discussion”
- Schnader Recognized as Tier One Law Firm in 2016 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- The Relationship Between Trial and Appellate Counsel
- Schnader Litigation Practices and Attorneys Recognized in the 2016 Benchmark Litigation Guide
- Recent Second Circuit Decision Teaches Trial Lawyers a Difficult Appellate Lesson: Following Trial Rules that Conflict with Rules of Appellate Procedure Can Cause Forfeiture of Appellate Rights
- “Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Third Circuit Explains How Courts Should Balance Clashing Stay Factors”
- “Saylor Offers a Lonely Voice in Death-Penalty Appeals”
- Suggestions for Effective Appellate Oral Argument
- Merenstein quoted in “Courts Embracing Special Discovery Masters”
- Are Federal Appellate Courts Growing Impatient with Procedural Errors? — Risks for Clients and Their Counsel
- Schnader Team Wins Appellate Victory in New York
- Recent Superior Court Decision Underscores Difficulty and Need for Caution When Determining Appealability of Orphans’ Court Orders
- Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Final Judgment Rule in MDL Proceedings, But Uncertainty Remains
- Supreme Court Reaffirms That an Appellee Who Does Not Seek To Enlarge Its Favorable Judgment Need Not File a Cross-Appeal To Attack a Lower Court Ruling
- New Amendments to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 6: Appeal in a Bankruptcy
- “In Libor MDL, Need For Appellate Certainty May Carry The Day”
- Schnader Recognized as Tier One Law Firm in 2015 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Schnader Litigation Practices and Attorneys Recognized in the 2015 Benchmark Litigation Guide
- “Top 10 Dos and Don’ts of Appellate Brief Writing”
- Supreme Court of PA Reaffirms the Broad Scope of the Commonwealth Court’s Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction in Challenges to Agency Interpretations of Statutes
- Thirty-One Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2015
- Upcoming Supreme Court Case Highlights Appealability Pitfalls When Cases Are Consolidated
- PA Superior Court Indicates that Filing a Motion for Compulsory Non-Suit Alone May Preserve the Right to Request JNOV After Trial
- Schnader Team Helped Clarify Protections Afforded Foreign Nationals for Injuries Occurring Outside the United States
- Twelve Schnader Attorneys Honored as 2007 ‘Pennsylvania Rising Stars’
- Bruce Merenstein Appointed Vice Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Federal Courts Committee
- Extension of Time to Appeal May Not Be Available When a Party Has Failed Adequately to Monitor Events in a Case
- “Making Appellate Briefs More Effective: Selecting Issues and Structuring the Argument”
- “Hiring Outside Appellate Counsel: The In-House Perspective”
- Supreme Court Confirms That Merits Decisions Are Final and Appealable Even When Contractual Fees Remain Unresolved
- Schnader Defends Airline from Mistaken-Meal Suit
- Third Circuit Enforces Strict Deadline to Petition for Permission to Appeal Class Certification Ruling
- “Appellate Lawyers Learn to Play Well with Others”
- New Amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Include a Change to Briefing Requirements
- Schnader Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2014 Benchmark Litigation Guide
- Exceptions in Pennsylvania Orphans’ Court Not Necessary to Preserve Weight-of-the-Evidence Claim on State-Court Appeal
- “The New “Statement of the Case” Under Revised Rule 28″
- Schnader Recognized as a Tier One Law Firm in the 2014 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Schnader Attorneys Achieve Victory for Electrical Transmission Company
- The Jewish Exponent Publishes Retrospective on Judge Arlin Adams
- Third Circuit Clarifies Waiver Doctrine by Distinguishing Between “Issues” and “Arguments” in a Suppression-of-the-Evidence Case
- Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2013
- Third Circuit Holds Motion for Reconsideration Does Not Avoid Prohibition of Appellate Remand Orders
- Thirty-One Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2014
- The Enhanced Scrutiny of Class Definitions Under the Ascertainability Requirement: An Additional Hurdle for Plaintiffs or an Increased Burden for Defendants?
- Schnader Team Helped Obtain Landmark Victory for Group of Railroad Companies
- Recent Superior Court Decision Provides Important Lessons on Appellate Practice in Cases Removed to Federal Court
- “Effective Oral Advocacy: What You Really Need to Know”
- Third Circuit Provides Guidance on Time for Filing a Notice of Appeal
- Supreme Court to Determine the Appealability of Merits Decisions When Contractual Fee Disputes Remain Unresolved
- Many Pennsylvania Appellate Rules Changes Being Made in 2013
- Judge Arlin Adams and Al Dandridge Spotlighted as Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients by The Legal Intelligencer
- Recent Pennsylvania Superior Court Decision Highlights Importance of Objections to Preserving Issues for Appellate Review
- Recent Supreme Court Decision Highlights Some Pitfalls of Federal Appellate Procedure
- Recent Superior Court Decision Highlights Perils of Post-Trial Practice in Pennsylvania
- Significant Pennsylvania Rules Change Requires Bigger Type and Much Shorter Briefs
- Appeals Court Decision Creates Circuit Split and Confusion Surrounding Post-Settlement Appeals of Class Certification Denials
- “Making Your Appellate Position More Appealing: The Importance of Framing the Issues”
- Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on Shortlist for Northeast Appellate Firm of the Year and Pennsylvania Firm of the Year
- Schnader Attorneys Thanked for Supreme Court Amicus Brief
- Schnader Recognized as a Tier One Law Firm in the 2013 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Schnader Appellate Team Secures Precedential Decision for Delaware Inmate
- Schnader Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2013 Benchmark Litigation and Appellate Guides
- Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2012
- Schnader Attorneys Offer Comment on Upcoming Supreme Court Cases
- Thirty-Three Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2013
- Schnader Assists in Successful Challenge to 24/7 Policy in New Jersey
- Schnader Attorneys Discuss Barnes Foundation Legal History
- Schnader Appellate Team Secures Dismissal of Misguided False Claims Lawsuit Against Covanta
- Schnader Achieves Appellate Victory
- The Legal Intelligencer Honors Schnader Team with “Unsung Hero” Pro Bono Award
- Appellate Rule Amendments Add New Class of Cases to Those Covered by Longer Appeal Periods
- Schnader’s Deena Jo Schnader Elected to the Board of Governors of the Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit
- “Do Jurors Pay Attention to What Lawyers Say?”
- New Pennsylvania Rules Require Immediate Appeals in Matters Involving Trusts, Charities, and Other Proceedings Heard by Pennsylvania Orphans’ Courts
- A Team of Schnader Attorneys Achieve Appellate Victory for Client in In re SK Foods
- “Yours, Mine and Ours: The Evolving Relationship Between Appellate Counsel and Trial Counsel”
- “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Parts Ways With U.S. Supreme Court on Collateral Order Appeals”
- Schnader Appellate Team Obtains Significant Victory in Trust Case for Wells Fargo
- Schnader Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2012 Benchmark Litigation and Appellate Guides
- Schnader Recognized as a Tier One Law Firm in the 2011-2012 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
- Legendary Lawyer Jerome J. Shestack Achieves a Posthumous Victory in the Case Brought Against CBS by the FCC for the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show
- Three Schnader Attorneys Named 2012 “Lawyers of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America
- Deena Jo Schneider Elected to Executive Board of the ABA’s Council of Appellate Lawyers
- Schnader Achieves Victory for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- Sixty-Five Schnader Attorneys Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Schnader Attorneys Achieve Victory for General Electric in Important Asbestos Appeal
- “The Federal Court Nominations Battles: Have We Considered the Consequences?”
- Thirty Schnader Attorneys Recognized as “The Best Lawyers in America” for 2012
- Appeals Across America: An Insider’s Guide to Appellate Practice in Federal and State Courts
- Schnader Secures Appellate Victory for MRO Corp.
- Firm Obtains a Significant Victory in Gates v. Rohm & Haas
- “Pulling the Curtain Back on Appellate Fact-Finding”
- Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2011
- “Right Time, Wrong Place”
- “Secondary Authority Revisited”
- “Good Secondary Authority and Bad Secondary Authority”
- “The Hearsay Trojan Horse: Out-of-Court Statements Offered to Demonstrate a ‘Course Of Conduct'”
- “In Search of Fairminded Jurists”
- “PA Supreme Court Requires Litigants to Raise Futile Arguments”
- Interlocutory Appeals of Denials of Motions to Dismiss in the Wake of Twombly: A New Option for the Defense?
- Schnader Lawyers Win Before the Third Circuit in Appeals Case on Behalf of the Pennsylvania Gaming Board
- Schnader’s Judge Timothy Lewis Discusses Vacant Seats on the Federal Bench on NPR’s Morning Edition
- Judge Lewis Joins Judge Abner Mikva in Calling for Reform of the Judicial Nominee Process
- “Let’s Fix Judicial Nominee Process”
- “The Benefits of Moot Courts: From the Perspectives of an Arguing Attorney and a Judge”
- Schnader Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2011 Benchmark Litigation Guide
- Hon. Timothy K. Lewis Invited to Join the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers as an Honorary Fellow
- Four from Schnader Are Members of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
- Schnader Participates in Successful Defense of a Lower Court Decision Striking Down Hazelton, PA Immigration Ordinances
- Thirty-Two Schnader Attorneys Recognized as “Best Lawyers in America” for 2011
- Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual (Second Edition)
- Post-Trial Practice and Procedures
- Jon Stern Featured in Article Detailing A Recent Third Circuit Decision on Airlines and Tort Actions
- Schnader Lawyers Win Before the Third Circuit in Case Involving Judicial Pay Raises in Pennsylvania
- “Circuit Precedent? What Circuit Precedent?”
- “When Eight is Not Enough”
- Judge Lewis Recognized as a 2010 “Champion” by the Legal Times and National Law Journal
- “Moot Courts: What Works and Why”
- Contempt on Appeal
- The Insider’s Guide to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- “The Important Role of Appellate Counsel in Litigation”
- Schnader Delivers Significant Victory for the State Bar of California
- “A Brief Brouhaha”
- “Just a Brief Writer?” – For the Defense
- “When 60 Percent Is Not a Majority”
- Appellate Success: Ranalli v. Rohm and Haas Co.
- “Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy’s Death Penalty Dissents: The Importance of Statutory Authority and Procedural Protections”
- Schnader Achieves an Important Victory for a Firm Client in a Landmark Trusts & Estates Case
- Schnader Appellate Team Obtains a Groundbreaking Decision in Pennsylvania Trust Law
- Appellate Success: Mary Courtney v. School District of Philadelphia
- “Ships Passing in the Night”
- “Superior Court Says It’s OK to Rely on Defective Online Dockets”
- “More Quibbling Over Precedent”
- “Prevailing Parties Do Not Have to Appeal After All”
- Appellate Success: Hagan v. Rogers
- Appellate Success: William A. Graham Co. v. Haughey
- Many Schnader Attorneys Honored as 2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
- Wellington Quoted in Multiple Articles on Arguments Made Before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Rendell v. State Ethics Commission
- Appellate Success: Violations of Broadcast Indecency Provisions During Super Bowl
- “The Infallible Internet?”
- Merenstein Offers Insight on “Judicial Notice” and Information Found on the Internet
- Appellate Success: Guang Lin-Zheng v. Attorney General
- “Is Appellate Jurisdiction Always Jurisdictional?”
- Schnader’s Merenstein Elected to the American Law Institute
- “Certificates of Merit: Where Good Intentions Can Be Excusable Neglect (Sometimes)”
- Twenty-Eight from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2009
- Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito to Deliver Remarks at the Re-Dedication of the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society at Susquehanna University
- “Premature Notices of Appeal”
- “There’s Wrong and Then There’s Really, Really Wrong”
- “Charities and the Orphans’ Court”
- “Manufacturing Mootness”
- “Clarification Needed of Amendments to Rule 1925”
- “High Court Quibbles Over Definition of ‘Proceeds'”
- Schnader Employs a Unique Procedural Tactic to Achieve a Significant Victory Before the U.S. Supreme Court
- Now That the Trial is Over: Preserving Issues on Appeal in the Federal Court
- Appellate Success: Whitfield v. Radian Guaranty, Inc.
- Many Schnader Attorneys are 2007 Super Lawyers, 2008 Best Lawyers
- Twenty-Four from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2008
- Merenstein Appointed to Drexel Law Faculty
- Schnader Wins Third Circuit Appeal in RLUIPA Case
- Twenty-Six Schnader Attorneys Named 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
- Persons Who May Take or Participate in an Appeal
- Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual
- Twelve Schnader Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Rising Stars
- Schnader Appeals
- “Interim Issues Requiring Appellate Review—Pennsylvania’s Collateral Order Doctrine: Lessons From The Barnes Foundation Case And The 30 Years Of Jurisprudence Preceding It”
- Twenty from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2007
- Thirty-Two Schnader Attorneys Honored as ‘Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’
- Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual
- Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual (First Edition)
- Several Schnader Lawyers Noted as Best in America
- Schnader Attorneys Feted as Super Lawyers
- “Federal Appellate Procedure – Third Circuit”
- Bruce P. Merenstein Noted as Young Lawyer Who Played Key Role in Barnes Foundation Matter
- Barnes Foundation Move Likely To Be Affirmed on Appeal
- Schnader Partner Is Elected to American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
- Schnader Lawyers Noted as ‘Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’ in 19 Categories
- Federal Appellate Procedure: 3rd Circuit
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- Stephen Fogdall Presented the CLE Webinar “Attorney-Client Privilege Between Affiliated Entities: Who Owns the Privilege When Interests Diverge?”
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- Stephen Fogdall Presented on Commercial Class Actions at IADC’s 2013 Mid-Year Meeting
- Deena Jo Schneider Moderated Panel on Effective Oral Advocacy at the American Bar Association’s 2013 Midyear Meeting
- Deena Jo Schneider Moderated CLE Program “Making Your Appellate Position More Appealing: The Importance of Framing the Issues”
- Stephen Fogdall Presents CLE Seminar – “Filing Motions to Dismiss: Emerging Issues and Strategic Considerations”
- Developments in the Supreme Court’s 2011 Term
- Schnader’s Whitson and Winkelman Attend DRI’s 10th Annual Appellate Advocacy Seminar
- Keith Whitson Presented Appellate Practice Workshop at the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Bench-Bar Conference
- “Thy Will Be Done: The Legal Impact of the Barnes Foundation Case”
- Deena Jo Schneider Organizes the American Bar Association’s CLE Webinar “Oral Advocacy That Works: Views from the Bench and Bar”
- Schnader Presented: Using Contemporary Trust Law to Ensure Antiquated Trust Restrictions Don’t Frustrate Trust Goals
- Schnader Attorneys Presented at DELVACCA In-House Counsel Conference
- Hon. Timothy K. Lewis Presides Over Peter Jennings Project 2012 Moot Court
- Schnader’s Whitson Serves as Moderator at Allegheny County Bar Association CLE, “Preserving Issues At Trial and On Appeal”
- Deena Jo Schneider Presented at the 2011 Appellate Education Summit
- David Smith Participates in Panel at the National Symposium on Diversity in the Legal Profession
- Hon. Timothy K. Lewis Participates in “Judicial Vacancies, Justice Denied” Panel
- Schnader Hosts the TAGLaw Northeastern Regional Conference
- Deena Jo Schneider Participates in the Bar Association’s “Leaders of Philadelphia Area Women’s Initiatives” Program
- Appellate Litigation Practicum
- Schnader Attorneys Speak at The Second “Colonial Frontier” Legal Writing Conference
- Hon. Timothy K. Lewis Presented at the Sixth Annual Arbitration Training Institute
- CLE Session: Preventing Nightmares: Preserving Issues and Avoiding Waiver at Trial and on Appeal
- CLE Session: Advanced Issues in Civil Practice – Judicial Review
- Schnader’s Wellington Speaks on the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia
- Hon. Timothy K. Lewis Participates in Capitol Hill Briefing on the Habeas Rights of Guantánamo Detainees Broadcast on C-SPAN
- Dennis Suplee and Nancy Winkelman Participate in Seminar on Winning Litigation Strategies
- The National Symposium for Minority Professionals in Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Schnader’s Nancy Winkelman Speaks at 2010 Winter Meeting of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Conference: Eighth Annual Defense Research Institute Appellate Advocacy Conference
- Schnader Attorneys Speak at the 2009 Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation CLE
- Schnader’s Nancy Winkelman Serves as a Course Planner and Faculty Member for a CLE on Appellate Practice
- Schnader’s Deena Jo Schnader Presents “E-Discovery: Now What”
- Effective Advocacy in the Federal Appellate Courts
- The Unique Perspective of Judge-Turned-Litigant
- Cause for Distress? The Current State of Federal Employer Liability Act (FELA) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Claims
- Picking Your Best Issues – Strategies for the First Three Pages of Your Appellate Brief
- How to Win Your Appeal in the First Three Pages of Your Appellate Brief
- Inside Alito’s Courtroom
- Appellate Brief Writing – The Basics and Beyond
- Effective Advocacy in the Federal Appellate Courts
- Deena Jo Schneider Speaks on “Legal Ethics in Pennsylvania: Solutions to the Most Common Ethical Challenges”