All Rise Trial & Appellate

IN 2022, WITH ONE ATTORNEY, ALL RISE BRIEFED FOUR CASES IN THE U.S. COURTS OF APPEALS, AND TWO CASES IN PENNSYLVANIA STATE APPELLATE COURTS. ALL RISE ALSO FILED 17 AMICUS BRIEFS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, U.S. COURTS OF APPEALS, AND STATE SUPREME COURTS. AND ALL RISE LITIGATED IMPACT CASES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURTS, INCLUDING INTERVENING IN A CLASS ACTION ON BEHALF OF TWO STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND COMPASSIONATE RELEASE MOTION ON THE BASIS OF JUVENILE LIFER STATUS, AND ONGOING 1983 AND BIVENS CASES ON BEHALF OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE. ALL RISE ALSO DID SUBSTANTIAL NON-LITIGATION WORK, INCLUDING SUBMITTING COMMENTS TO THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT ABOUT PROPOSED RULE CHANGES REGARDING BAIL ON BEHALF OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAIL FUND. ALL RISE ALSO HAS DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS AT THIS WORK. IN 2022, NOTABLE POSITIVE OUTCOMES INCLUDED WINNING THREE FEDERAL APPEALS: HALL V. MILLERSVILLE AND ROSS V. BUSH AT THE 3D CIRCUIT, AND MILES V. ANTON AT THE 7TH CIRCUIT; GETTING AN EN BANC PETITION GRANTED BY THE 9TH CIRCUIT IN BROWN V. ARIZONA; WINNING THE NOVEL COMPASSIONATE RELEASE MOTION AND BRINGING A CLIENT HOME AFTER 34 YEARS IN PRISON; SETTLING A COMPLICATED CASE AGAINST THE PENNSYLVANIA DOC FOR A COMBINATION OF MONEY AND NON-MONETARY RELIEF; AND HAVING AMICUS BRIEFS CITED BY BOTH THE SIXTH CIRCUIT AND CONNECTICUT SUPREME COURT, THE LATTER OF WHICH ADOPTED OUR AMICUS POSITION WHOLESALE.