My man got assigned an appellate attourney for his case!! How can I find out info on her to find out her track record with the courts and all that. I have her name that is all I know?? Any suggestions on where to find this info??

Depending on the state you're in you may be able to find information on the bar association's site. I'm looking for info on my man's court appointed lawyer as well so far all I've found are books she's written on Amazon.com what type of stuff is that?

Oh Nemesis? :) Your great assistance is needed and appreciated miss.

Check out www.martindale.com for factual info. Most state have appellate sites that will give info. even briefs if you know the names of cases/clients (which sometimes show up on google. Obviously doing a search on the newspapers will give you some info. (you can do it at the library for beyond 2 weeks for free). and obviously google, To go beyond is harder, basically word of mouth, which isn't that dependable.

What specific types of info are you interested in?

also, anybody whose lawyer is on Amazon.com probably has an expert assuming the books are legal and not romance novels.

Brenda

Thanks for the info Brenda. Well that's all I was able to find were books that were written by my bf's court appointed appellate lawyer in addition to her address location fax and phone #. I have emailed and sent her a fax w/ no reply as of yet. I'm going to check out the site you listed. I have yet to call because I wanna be sure she has authorization to discuss the case with me per my bf's word. A friend told me to go to the library and do research in the Lexis Nexis or something like that available on CD Rom?

Usually it should come up on google, since most published court opinions are available online, so if she is the attorney her name would come up in it. Make sure you use quotes around the name.
By the way I didnt have the Martindale link. I checked our appellate lawyer he is AV rated (Very High to Preeminent). Im happy now :)

Oh I guess the peer rating system on Martindale doesnt mean that much now, our last attorney who was absolutely crap has an AV rating too (in his case I would say it would stand for Arrogant Vermin), I dont know who the peers are who rate them, obviously not the innocent guys sent to prison by their incompetence.

I went onto the martindale site and typed in the appellate lawyer's name and still nothing. Seems like this chick is a ghost or something wth??? Frustrating!

Martindale is a subscriber service, lawyers pay a minimum of $1,000 to get listed. I don't give much credence to the ratings, but if an attorney subscribes it is an easy way to get the particulars and sometimes info about cases won, associations etc.

Oh I guess the peer rating system on Martindale doesnt mean that much now, our last attorney who was absolutely crap has an AV rating too (in his case I would say it would stand for Arrogant Vermin), I dont know who the peers are who rate them, obviously not the innocent guys sent to prison by their incompetence.

Better way yet people. Sign up for a free trial account through lexisone or loislaw. All you need is an e-mail address to do so. Once you have the temporary account set up so you can do on line research on appellate decisions, simply query the attorney name (in quotation marks). It will pull up all cases in which that attorney acted as counsel in the jurisdiction/courts selected. Draw your own conclusions from there. Beyond that, there is a program that allows one to identify case/issue types and success rates for attorneys. It is a relatively expensive search but very comprehensive and factually accurate.
Good luck!

Aw shucks I'm going to try that too. Good looking out - Thanks alot!:) Better way yet people. Sign up for a free trial account through lexisone or loislaw. All you need is an e-mail address to do so. Once you have the temporary account set up so you can do on line research on appellate decisions, simply query the attorney name (in quotation marks). It will pull up all cases in which that attorney acted as counsel in the jurisdiction/courts selected. Draw your own conclusions from there. Beyond that, there is a program that allows one to identify case/issue types and success rates for attorneys. It is a relatively expensive search but very comprehensive and factually accurate.
Good luck!