LitigationHelmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman, & Rouse, P.C. conducts a substantial litigation practice. We have tried major cases in all surrounding state and federal courts and have handled appeals to the highest levels of the State and Federal judicial systems. We are known for successfully handling complicated and significant cases and disputes. We are vigorous trial lawyers who are not reluctant to go to trial if that strategy is appropriate to our client's interests and consistent with our professional responsibility.
Matters in which we have been involved at the trial level are from time to time the subject of an appeal. We represent parties on appeal in such instances and are also frequently retained for the appeal of matters in which we were not involved during trial proceedings. We therefore have experience in all appellate courts of the State of Alabama, the United States Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
We successfully argued on behalf of the petitioners in Kumho Tire Co v. Carmichael, 526 U.S, 137(1999). In this landmark case, the Supreme Court held that a trial court's gatekeeping duties under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 apply to all expert witnesses and emphasized the case-specific, detailed analysis that a trial court should undertake in assessing the admissibility of expert testimony.
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