Appellate Litigation

We have briefed and argued dozens of complicated appellate matters. Whether we tried the underlying case or not, we represent clients in appeals before state and federal courts of appeals and supreme courts. Whether you are the appellant or the appellee, we are poised and ready to handle your case.

  • Susan Travis has worked on multiple appeals in the Texas appellate system.
  • Lyn Robbins has appeared in courts of appeals in multiple states and has argued before federal courts of appeals and two state supreme courts.
  • Representative significant appellate matters for the lawyers of Robbins Travis include:
    • James E. Phillips v. BNSF Railway Co. – Supreme Court of Texas – 2015 Tex. LEXIS 1084
    • BNSF Railway Co. v. John Giza – Supreme Court of Iowa – 843 NW2d 713
    • Alizon Veit v. BNSF Railway Co. – Supreme Court of Washington – 249 P.3d 607
    • David Rentz v. BNSF Railway Co., Supreme Court of North Dakota, 2020 ND 254.
    • Kenneth McDaniel v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – Supreme Court of Tennessee – 955 SW2d 257
    • Joe M. Hathaway et al. v. First Family Financial Services, Inc. – Supreme Court of Tennessee – 1 SW3d 634
    • Gary Epple v. BNSF Railway Co. – United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit – 785 Fed. Appx. 219
    • Joseph McKennon v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 56 F.3d 64
    • William Harmon v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 110 F3d 364
    • Emmett Coomer v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 97 F3d 1451
    • Barney Sissom v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 14
    • Highland Pines Nursing & Rehab v. Shakeitha Wiley – Texas Court of Appeals – 496 S.W.3d 804
    • BNSF Railway Co. v. Gary Epple – Texas Court of Appeals – 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 12730
    • BNSF Railway Co. v. Stacy Wipff – Texas Court of Appeals – 408 SW3d 662
    • Randall Jordan v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – Tennessee Court of Appeals – 2001 Tenn. App. LEXIS 250
    • Laura Melton v. BNSF Railway Co. – Tennessee Court of Appeals – 322 SW3d 174