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For more than a century, Andrews Kurth LLP, an international law firm with 400 lawyers, has built its multidisciplinary practice on the belief that "straight talk is good business."

With offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents an impressive list of global clients spanning multiple industries and areas of law.

The Andrews Kurth Appellate Practice Group is built around lawyers who have experienced appellate decision making from the other side of the bench. The group is led by former Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister. Brister began his judicial service as a trial judge, and served as Chief Justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals before completing his two decades of judicial service in the Supreme Court of Texas. Brister and every other lawyer within the Appellate Practice Group served as a briefing attorney or "judicial clerk" before beginning the private practice of law. Both partners within the Appellate Practice Group, Scott Brister and Kendall Gray, are Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Appellate Law.

The Appellate Practice Group has participated in every step of the trial and appeals process, including:

  • Presenting summary judgment and other pretrial motions
  • Preserving error throughout the trial
  • Preparing post-verdict motions
  • Researching, analyzing and writing effective appellate briefs
  • Presenting oral arguments
  • Handling emergency proceedings such as mandamus petitions

How we work is determined exclusively by the client and its trial lawyers. We highly value the ability to collaborate with in-house and outside counsel in service of the client. Teamwork is key; credit is not.

While we are equipped to handle any area of the substantive law in any procedural setting, the Appellate Practice Group has acquired particular expertise in: