Appellate Practice

APPELLATE PRACTICE PROFILE

The firm's appellate practice is well-established in Florida and various federal circuit courts of appeal. Mr. Schoeppl has represented a diverse array of clients ranging from the Republic of Ecuador in a case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Aquamar, S.A. v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc., 179 F.3d 1279 (11th Cir. 1999), to a death row inmate before the Florida Supreme Court in Williamson v. State, 681 So. 2d 688 (Fla. 1996), and appears regularly on behalf of clients in appellate matters before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and other federal circuit courts, and before the Florida Supreme Court and Florida District Courts of Appeal. Due to the complex nature of certain appellate matters, the firm is often faced with briefing significant legal questions, issues of first impression, and even novel legal theories. The firm is currently handling an appeal in an SEC case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit styled SEC v. Yun, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (M.D. Fla.), appeal filed, No. 01-11332-E (11th Cir. Mar. 12, 2001), which could dramatically impact the law of insider trading. In another appeal, the firm represents a public company in a $100 million claim for libel against a major national business publication in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has been requested to decide the correct pleading standards for libel per se under Utah law.

Civil Litigation

Complex Commercial Litigation

Employment Law

Family Law

Securities Litigation

White Collar Criminal Defense