Consultants providing research and other appeals services under auspices of the appellate attorney in child abuse cases

Important Notes...

	We do not testify.
	We are not an attorneys.
	Our work falls under "Work-Product" for the attorney and is controlled by him or her.

What We Actually Do in Appeals Cases:

If you are looking for a competent appellate attorney in a child abuse case, we can try to help you locate such an attorney. We have dealt with competent attorneys in virtually every state.

Regardless of whether we help you select an attorney, we only work in cooperation with and under the auspices of appellate counsel, not in an adversarial or over-sight role.

We are not attorneys. We offer assistance, primarily in child abuse cases, based upon lay expertise.

We review all records and transcripts, including a copy of the attorney file and any other documents related to the case. We will not do a “piece-meal” review. We will not just review documents that support the defendant’s position. We need an entire set of documents.

After preliminary legal research, we will list what we think are viable appeals issues for and under the auspices of the attorney of record.

After consulting with the appellate attorney and seeing what issues he/she feels are viable, we will conduct in-depth legal research.

After consulting with the appellate attorney again, we will conduct further research and start developing the arguments in conjunction with the attorney of record for selected issues.

All writings pertaining to the brief will be conducted under attorney work-product. We work only in conjunction with and under the auspices of the attorney of record. We do not assist pro se litigants.

If the case is for post-conviction relief or Motion for New Trial, we will assist in obtaining the right experts for involvement and assist in compiling the proper attachments to any brief.

If oral arguments are later scheduled, we will assist the attorney in preparing for the oral argument (anticipating questions from the Appellate Panel and suggested responses). We will attempt to be present for the oral arguments.

You can assume that we will put-in a minimum of 100 hours for each step of any appeal. This will entail reviewing of all records/transcripts, legal research, and writing out arguments.

We do not “cut and paste” legal cases or arguments. We do not plagiarize other appeals briefs and submit them as our work. Case law is constantly changing and every case has it’s unique set of facts to incorporate. “Cut and paste” and plagiarism do not result in successful appeals.

Since many of the legal issues raised on appeal transcend beyond child abuse cases, we occasionally will work on non-child abuse related appeals.

To discuss whether we can help in your specific case, please call or have your attorney call Todd James or Kim Hart at (419) 868-6016.

We Will:

	Provide you with a thorough and fair evaluation of your case
	Devote the time to your case that was probably lacking prior to your trial

We Will Not:

	Tell you that we have gotten numerous people convicted of child abuse out of prison without giving names, case numbers, and so on and without that information being verifiable. (To see a sampling of recent cases in which we were successful, please look at our Sample Cases page.)
	Become involved in cases where the appellate attorney does not want assistance.
	Tell you to hire us without telling your attorney.
	Tell you that you need to hire us so you can determine if your attorney is doing his job.
	Charge you $7,000 - $10,000 to do what is essentially a simple time-line.
	Refer you to acquaintances to arrange psycho-sexual testing and polygraphs for an appeal as those tests will not help at this juncture.
	Give you a “path to victory” that must be followed which implies that we have the only solution.

We are not “just” paralegals hired to perform legal research. We help lay out the issues, develop the issues, prepare for arguments, etc. in conjunction with and under the auspices of the attorney of record.

We have Westlaw for all 50 states as well as federal courts.