2026 Update - Freelance Appellate Briefs and Trial Motions - Adam Wilson
For Law Firms and Lawyers: Appeals and Motions
Appeals in federal and state courts, petitions for and oppositions to rehearings en banc, and petitions for and oppositions to Writs of Certiorari, as well as motions for summary judgment, motions to dismiss, demurrers, and other crucial / complex / dispositive briefing.
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2026 Negotiable Hourly Rate — or Negotiable Flat Fee Options
Negotiable hourly rate: $245 / hour.
Negotiable flat fees / caps: see directly below.
Let’s make it work to fit your budget and needs.
Adam Wilson — (207) 699-9957 — adam.daley.wilson@gmail.com
A. Strategy / Support for your own brief
1. Strategy / consulting / sounding board for your brief -- est. 750.
2. Polish your brief – 1250.
3. Revise / supplement your brief --- 1750.
4. Prep you for oral argument --- 750.
5. Review trial record for appeal options --- 750.
B. Opening / Response Briefs / key Motions
1. Appellate Opening / Response --- 12500
2. MSJ / Opposition to MSJ --- 12500
3. Motion to Dismiss / Demurrer --- 5500.
4. Daubert / expert / SLAPP --- 6750.
5. Opposition to Cert Petition --- 5500.
C. Reply briefs / post-trial / post-appeal
1. Reply briefs for appeals and MSJs -- 3250
2. Post-appeal motions / rehearing en banc --- 3750.
3. Post-trial motions --- 3250.
4. Major motion in limine / bet-the-farm trial motion --- 3750.
5. Something else? Let’s discuss and make it work.
Examples of 2020 - 2025 Appeals in Federal and State Courts
Supreme Court — successful opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari on copyright / intellectual property / contract / circuit split issues (June 2023).
Ninth Circuit — corporate / commercial / business, appellee.
Sixth Circuit — copyright / intellectual property / contract, appellant.
California Court of Appeals — SLAPP / defamation, appellant.
Ninth Circuit — commercial / contract / business, appellee.
Louisiana Court of Appeals — education / negligent supervision, appellant.
Ninth Circuit — Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) / common law tort, appellant.
Ninth Circuit — Constitutional Law / Fourth Amendment / Section 1983.
California Court of Appeals — Commercial contract issues in summary judgment context.
Maine Supreme Court (Maine Law Court) — Issues of first impression re attorney-client privilege, attorney-client conflicts of interest, breaches of fiduciary duties by lawyers; rules of professional responsibility; legal malpractice; legal ethics in the context of torts.
Examples of prior appellate briefing at Big Law (2-3 person appeals teams 2000-2010)
First Circuit — environmental law / Clean Water Act / administrative law, appellant.
Second Circuit — vexatious litigation / ethics / FRCP Rule 11, appellee.
Third Circuit — [two-year clerkship / Hon. Franklin S. Van Antwerpen].
Fourth Circuit — environmental law / CWA / CAA, appellee.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals — Constitutional Law, damages, appellee.
SCOTUS — petition for Writ of Certiorari — statutory issues / federal land use.
SCOTUS — merits brief — statutory issues / federal land use.
SCOTUS — amicus curiae brief — Constitutional Law / punitive damages.
SCOTUS — amicus curiae brief — tort issues.
Practice areas while at Am Law 100 firms (Gibson Dunn, Crowell Moring):
Appellate, Antitrust Litigation, Soft Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, United States Supreme Court (Certiorari Petitions, Amicus Briefs, Merits Briefs), Lawyer professional responsibility, Lawyer and law firm legal ethics (under partner who was former assistant Washington, D.C. bar counsel), International antitrust price-fixing cartels, United States Department of Justice antitrust criminal investigations, Corporate internal investigations, White collar crime, Multi-District Litigation (MDL Litigation).
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Adam Wilson — (207) 699-9957 — adam.daley.wilson@gmail.com
Sidebar — Why freelancing? From Am Law 100 to Artist.
In 2017 I unexpectedly became a successful conceptual artist. I’m represented by a well-known contemporary conceptual art gallery in Chicago that has a roster of 20 artists around the world. More here.