Our firm has provided effective services in the area of U.S. Supreme Court advocacy, appellate advocacy, writ proceedings, administrative hearings, and other forms of judicial and regulatory review proceedings.
Rich Ackerman has argued and/or briefed dozens of appellate matters before the Superior Court Appellate Division, administrative bodies, California Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, California Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. All told, Mr. Ackerman has been involved in approximately 100 administrative and civil appeal matters.
Our hourly rates range from $250.00-$375.00 per hour for appellate advocacy.
Representative appellate matters involving our attorneys can be found at:
Catholic Charities of Sacramento v. Sup. Ct. (Argued)
Nat’l Tax Limitation Comm. v. Schwarzenegger (Argued)
Levi v. O’Connell (Ca Dept of Ed) (Argued)
Friery v. LAUSD (Argued)
Friery v. LAUSD (Argued)
Good New Employees Association v. Hicks (Argued)
Chen v. Su (Argued)
Donel v. Kowell (Argued) part of S.E.C. v. Wallenbrock series of Cases
Owasso Ind. School Dist. No. I-011 v Falvo, 534 U.S. 426 (2002)(amicus)
City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, et al., (2001) U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 00-799(amicus)
Lawrence v. Texas, United States Supreme Court (2002) U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 02-102 (amicus)
Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow (2003) U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 02-1624 (amicus)
Ashcroft v. ACLU, (2001) U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 00-1293 (amicus)
Litowitz v. Litowitz, United States Supreme Court (briefed petition for review)
Marriage of Kealey (Cal.App.2007)(briefed - argued 4/2/08)
Estate of Orville K. Doyle, Sr. (Cal.App.2007)(briefing set)
Gonzalez v. Falzone (Cal.App.2007)(briefing set)
In re Conservatorship of James Cooper (No. G019826, 1996)(briefed)
Luke v. Redlands Community Hosp. (San Bernardino 2007) (successful writ with remand - staff privileges)
Application of Touched From Above Ministries (San Diego 2004) (successful CUP after admin appeal)
Application of Temescal Canyon Tabernacle (City of Corona 2007) (TUMF admin appeal - successful)
El Cajon Pregnancy Center (Ca DHHS 2005) (successful admin appeal with license granted)
Matter of WorldNetDaily.com (United States Senate Rules Comm. 2001) (successful admin appeal)
Corona v. Healing Nations Collective (Riverside Superior 2007) (successful stay on appeal)
Southern California Edison Matter (Pub.Util.Comm. 2001)(successful admin appeal for SCE customer)
School District Student/Employee Administrative Appeals & Other Civil Matters (2001-Present):
Corona-Norco USD
Temecula Valley USD
Murrieta Valley USD
Lake Elsinore USD
Jurupa USD
San Diego City Schools
Los Angeles USD
Pasadena USD
Duarte USD
West Covina USD
Claremont USD
Desert Sands USD
Riverside County Office of Ed.
Julian USD
United States Dept. of Ed.
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