Appellate Oral Argument: Philosophy, Preparation, Presentation, and Rebuttal

Mr. Meadow has over 40 years of experience as a trial and appellate lawyer, well-regarded for his ability to dissect the law and shape appellate strategy. He has successfully defended lender liability actions before both juries and appellate courts. He continues to focus his practice on business disputes involving such areas as real estate, title insurance, partnerships, professional malpractice and intellectual property, and in all of these areas his appellate work has resulted in groundbreaking decisions. He also has substantial expertise in family and healthcare law.

Mr. Roach has practiced civil trial and appellate law since 1981 — 44 years spanning products liability defense, medical malpractice defense, insurance coverage, and appellate work at both the intermediate court and Texas Supreme Court levels. He was Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and elected to membership in ABOTA before the firm's appellate practice became the center of gravity of his career. Mr. Roach founded Roach Newton in 1993. On argued merits, the firm's Texas Supreme Court practice has won more than four times as often as it has lost, alongside a substantial record of persuading the Court not to take review in matters where the firm represented the respondent. He holds three board certifications, a Fellowship in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served on the Texas Law Review and won the Hildebrand Moot Court Championship. Mr. Roach taught Texas Supreme Court brief writing and oral argument alongside sitting judges and staff attorneys at the University of Houston Law Center (1990–2022) and the University of Texas School of Law (2000–2023) — more than fifty semesters, in courses he created for those institutions. He has presented more than 180 CLE papers since 1989.

Mr. Shatz Co-Chairs Manatt's Appellate Practice Group. He has briefed hundreds of civil appeals, writs, and petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, California Supreme Court, and California Courts of Appeal, covering a multitude of areas of law. He is a frequent lecturer and author, published in California Litigation, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Inside Counsel, The Daily Journal, The Recorder, For the Defense, California Defender, CEB Civil Litigator Reporter, and many other legal publications.