Appellate Practice
Our attorneys have significant experience handling appeals before federal and state appellate courts across the country in connection with a diverse range of issues. We also have substantial experience representing organizations as amicus curiae in appellate matters presenting legal questions with broad policy implications.
The firm has successfully handled appeals in state and federal courts, both in cases where we represented a party in the lower court and in cases where we have specifically been brought in for our appellate proficiency. Our attorneys have clerked for judges on numerous federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels, including U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Collectively, our attorneys have handled over 100 appeals.
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Obtained dismissal and subsequent Second Circuit affirmance of Section 16(b) litigation against major investment bank in case of first impression.
Representation of hedge fund partner in insider trading case brought by the SEC in the Southern District of New York alleging violations of Rule 10b-5.
Successfully represented the judges of the State of New York in appeals to the Appellate Division, First Department and the New York Court of Appeals challenging the constitutionality of the State’s failure to adjust increase compensation.
Read MoreState judges have yet to be properly compensated for enduring 13 years without pay raises, especially since the state Court of Appeals found that lawmakers acted unconstitutionally in rejecting salary increases. C&G's Thomas Bezanson argued that it was long past the time when the court should make good on its 2010 finding in Matter of Maron v. Silver and order that judges receive what they lost in salaries and retirement benefits.
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"Court Hears Arguments Over Retroactive Judicial Raises," New York Law Journal, March 24, 2016.
"Judges Sue N.Y. State for $312M in Back Pay," Times Union, March 23, 2016.
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Cohen & Gresser has been ranked as a "Recommended" New York law firm in the 2015 edition of Benchmark Litigation. In addition to the firm’s ranking, partners Mark S Cohen, Lawrence T Gresser, C Evan Stewart, and Karen H Bromberg were all individually recognized by the publication. Benchmark Litigation is a leading guide to top litigation firms and attorneys in the United States and bases its rankings on extensive face-to-face interviews around the country over a six-month period with the nation's leading private practice attorneys and in-house counsel.
In a follow-up interview with Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Thomas E Bezanson joins Hon. George Bundy Smith to discuss the appeal proceedings in Larabee v. Spitzer, a case in which he argued for increased compensation for four New York State judges.
A discussion about the erroneous predictions made about the outcomes of this case. Why were they made and how can we learn from these examples?
This alert discusses the importance of oral advocacy in any case and what improvements are needed in order save this method of argument from extinction.