Appellate Cases
Excellent courtroom advocacy at Stetler, Duffy & Rotert, Ltd. is not limited to the trial courtroom. Our lawyers rely on outstanding writing skills to produce persuasive legal briefs, then they back up those arguments with effective oral advocacy. Appellate work is done by lawyers with extensive experience before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals, the Illinois Supreme Court, and intermediate appellate courts throughout the Midwest.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
SDR briefed and argued a direct appeal brought by the former Chicago City Treasurer and succeeded in gaining a reversal of her conviction. United States v. Miriam Santos, 201 F. 3d 953 (7th Cir. 2000).
After winning the dismissal of all criminal charges against a large national construction holding company, we convinced the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm the dismissal in a landmark case which narrowed the so-called “Multi-Employer Liability Doctrine.” United States v. MYR Group, Inc, 361 F.3d 364 (7th Cir. 2004).
Mark Rotert has a distinguished record of achievement as an appellate practitioner. Early in his career he served as Chief of the Criminal Appeal Division for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office where he held supervisory authority over all criminal appellate cases before the Illinois Supreme Court. Mark twice has briefed and argued criminal cases to the Supreme Court of the United States, winning both appeals. Allen v. Illinois, 478 U.S. 364 (1986); Greer v. Miller, 483 U.S. 756 (1987). He has made many appearances before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (including en banc matters) and has argued over two dozen cases to the Supreme Court of Illinois.
The criminal conviction of L.E. Myers, Co. was thrown out by the Seventh Circuit after we successfully argued that the conviction was the result of numerous errors committed by the trial court. The government agreed to drop the case completely after the reversal. United States v. L.E. Myers, Co., 562 F.3d 845 (7th Cir. 2009).