Practice Area
Appellate & Constitutional
Trial verdicts are not always the end of the road. A well-crafted appellate brief and a persuasive oral argument can be the difference between a final loss and a second chance. Our attorneys have handled briefing and argument before the appellate courts of South Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit — on both the civil and criminal sides.
Many of those appeals turn on constitutional questions, which also arise well before any appeal — in criminal proceedings, business disputes and challenges to government action. We litigate matters that implicate fundamental rights under both the state and federal constitutions.
Point of Contact: Steven Buckingham — Trial Attorney & Certified Mediator.
Illustrative Matters
Appeals
- Appeals from civil jury verdicts and bench decisions
- Criminal appeals
- Post-conviction proceedings
- Interlocutory appeals
- Writs of mandamus and other extraordinary relief
- Motions for compassionate release
Constitutional Questions
- First Amendment — freedom of speech and defamation
- First Amendment — freedom of religion
- Fourth Amendment — unlawful search and seizure
- Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments — due process
- Sixth Amendment — right to counsel and right to confront accusers
- Eighth Amendment — cruel and unusual punishment
- Equal protection claims
- Voting rights
- Federal Contracts Clause
- State and federal jurisdictional questions
- Limitations on the expenditure of taxpayer funds under the South Carolina Constitution