COUNSEL PRESS | The Appellate Experts

Welcome COUNSEL PRESS | The Appellate Experts

Founded in 1938, Counsel Press is the largest and most experienced appellate services company in the United States.

When filing an appeal, our experienced attorneys and paralegals provide procedural and technical advice to ensure that Briefs, Records or Appendices are of the highest quality and compliant with all court rules. We offer a full range of document production services as well as electronic filing capabilities. We prepare and file over 8,000 appeals annually, working with 1,500 law firms (including 98 of the Am Law top 100), and in addition with numerous corporate and government entities. We are available to assist you, whether filing an appeal in the United States Supreme Court, any of the 13 U.S. Federal Circuit Courts, or any State Appellate Court or Appellate Division, from the New York Court of Appeals to the California Supreme Court.

CP E Brief services from Counsel Press lead the industry.

Counsel Press can transform a paper brief along with boxes of exhibits into a single electronic, hyperlinked digital format that is text searchable and submitted to the court on CD-ROM.

CP Client Portal

Counsel Press has created a Client Portal to simplify processing an appeal when working with us. When using the CP Portal site you can:

View information about current or past cases we have in our system
Upload documents for the preparation of a current case
View and download proof documents provided by your CP Team
Register for notifications about your cases
Manage your account, including changing your password
Add contacts from your firm office to a case
Download rules, guides, and checklists

Please contact the CP Team for your login information today.

What our clients have to say about us!

Just a very brief note of thanks to you and your staff for another excellent, extremely knowledgeable guide through perfecting the appeal. I am the most cranky and difficult person imaginable and have only the highest regard for CounselPress and in particular, yourself and those who guided me most recently.
Robert E. Steinberg
Law Offices of Robert E. Steinberg
New York, NY

This got WAY more high tech since the last appeal I had! Thanks so much! You guys rock! I don’t even respond to all the other [appellate service] folks anymore—it’s the worst part of getting an appeal granted. Have a great weekend!
Gregory Sheldon
Bain-Sheldon, P.L.C.
Richmond, Virginia

My colleague said it best: You guys (John Kruesi in particular) are like a big, fluffy appellate security blanket. Worth the expense.
Catherine D. Bertram
Regan Zambri & Long, PLLC
Washington DC

Nice site, I appreciate the update.
Kellam T. Parks
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You have always been the A-Team, but this time -- with a project that I understand was nicknamed "The Beast" (and rightly so, if you ask me) -- I cannot come up with the words to convey our gratitude. This is my 34th year of doing this sort of thing, and this brief is the single most overwhelming submission thus far ... and it would never have been possible without you and your amazing team. So many thanks, and our deepest appreciation and gratitude for getting us through .... one more time.
Elliot H. Scherker
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Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Miami, Florida