Description: Law office that specializes in appeals involving constitutional, statutory, contract, employment, IP, tort, tax, bankruptcy, criminal, and habeas issues
Leah Spero represents clients in criminal and civil matters, focusing on appellate proceedings before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the California Courts of Appeal . To every case, Leah brings outstanding legal research and writing, sound judgment, and a keen ability to assess and frame the strongest arguments for her clients.
Leah’s services include representing clients as counsel of record on appeal and providing contract services to counsel during trial proceedings, including drafting dispositive motions and briefs, presenting oral argument, identifying and preserving issues for appeal, advising on settlement negotiations, and evaluating and initiating appeals.
Leah has served as a law clerk and the group leader of the civil staff attorneys at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ; litigated cases at the trial and appellate levels as an associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; and reviewed appeals at the Supreme Court of California . She has a J.D. from U.C. Hastings College of the Law.