Appellate Practice
Sreenan & Cain, P.C. has extensive experience in criminal and civil appeals in both the federal and state court level in Winnebago (Rockford), Boone (Belvidere),Ogle (Oregon), DeKalb (Sycamore), Lee (Dixon), Stephenson (Freeport), Whiteside (Morrison), McHenry (Woodstock), and Kane (Geneva) counties and throughout Northern and Central Illinois. The law firm's appellate practice is headed by Daniel J. Cain. Attorney Cain has spent many years perfecting the skills necessary to provide excellent appellate advocacy.
There are numerous reasons for retaining our appellate attorneys, even for clients who were ably represented by other trial counsel. Our appellate attorneys are well versed in the important deadlines and the substantially different procedural rules that apply once a case is pending on appeal. Our appellate lawyers are adept at arranging arguments effectively, structuring sentences and paragraphs persuasively, and using persuasive words to enhance legal propositions. The attorneys at Sreenan & Cain have a thorough grasp of the legal principles pertinent to a case and the understanding of the subtle distinctions and emerging trends of law. We believe the written brief should not be a scholarly, objective disclosure on a specific area of the law. Rather, the brief must be a forceful and eloquent argument presented in a fair and accurate manner. Our appellate lawyers are intimately familiar with what issues and arguments are likely to be most successful on appeal through an understanding of the patterns in appellate decisions. Finally, our appellate counsel can bring a fresh prospective to a case. Because our knowledge of the case comes from the record on appeal, our attorneys are able to view the case in the same light as the Appellate Court will. This is particularly important since the Appellate Court decides cases based on the record, not facts or arguments that "might have been" presented at trial. Contact
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