Appellate attorneys employ a variety of tools and strategies to provide relief to those who have been convicted of a crime. Most importantly, your appellate defense counsel carefully reviews your trial transcripts to identify the legal issues that were problematic at the trial level. Counsel then researches, applies, and carefully argues using the most up-to-date case law and statutory authority to prove the grounds for either reversing your conviction, getting a new trial, or reducing your sentence.

Smith & Stephens PC Law Offices will fight for you in the Montana Supreme Court, Federal District Court, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and even in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Look at our In the News page for some of our recent successes.