Practice Overview
Not every case ends at trial. Whether the trial court reached an unfavorable decision or your opponent will not admit defeat, the Appellate Practice Group at Hellmuth & Johnson has all the experience necessary to litigate your case at the highest level.

Our Appellate Group practices winning law, handling a broad range of civil and criminal appeals at all levels of state and federal courts. So, if you are looking to remedy a disappointing result - or simply wondering what the next stage of your lawsuit will bring - you can be confident that Hellmuth & Johnson is well prepared to help you navigate the intricacies of a case on appeal.

Representative Appellate Cases

Amicus

• Wooddale Builders, Inc. v Maryland Casualty Company, 722 N.W.2d 283 ( Minn. 2006)
• Collins v Buus, 2006 WL 1985431 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006)

Business & Commercial Disputes

• Amit Sela v St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., 2008 WL 495734 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008)
• Ketterling v Hamilton, 2006 WL 2258053 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006)
• Aero Properties, LLC v. Discover Aviation Days, 2002 WL 1544249 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003)
• American Summit Lending Corp. v. Ewing, 2002 WL 977483 (Minn. App., May 14, 2002)
• American Summit Lending Corporation v. Hennen, 2002 WL 31655064 (Minn. App., Nov 26, 2002 )
• Berres Farms v. Anderson, 561 N.W. 2d 919 (Minn. App. 1998)
• Commercial Plumbing and Heating, Inc. v. J.K. Insulation, Inc., 2005 WL 1739983 (Minn. App., Jul 26, 2005)
• Delacy Investments, Inc. v. Thurman, 693 N.W.2d 479, 56 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 84 ( Minn. App., Mar 22, 2005)
• Hartmann Chiropractic et al. v. Northern Services, Inc., 1996 W.L. 438810 (Minn.App. 1996)
• Hays Benefits Group of Wisconsin, LLC v. Palmer & Cay of Wisconsin, LLC, 279 Wis. 2d 517, 693 NW 2d 146 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005)
• North Cent. Companies, Inc. v. Gleason, 2002 WL 1467542 ( Minn. App., Jul 09, 2002 )
• Scally v. Northwest Mortgage, Inc., 2003 WL 22039526 (Minn. Ct. App 2003)
• Shafer v. GSF Mortg. Corp., WL 21005793 ( Minn. App., May 06, 2003
• Thomas & Betts Corp v. Leger, 2004 WL 2711391 (Minn. Ct. App 2004)
• Tom Schmidt Associates, Inc. v. Williams, 2001 WL 138519 (Minn. App., Feb 20, 2001)
• Work Connection, Inc. v. Universal Forest Products, Inc., 2002 WL 1275700 (Minn. Ct. App. 2002)

Construction and Real Estate Disputes

• David Werpy, et al. v McDonald Homes, Inc., 2008 WL 2340400 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008)
• Li v Zawadski, 2008 WL 933459 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008)
• Integrity Floor Covering, Inc. v Minneapolis Stone Arch Partners, LLC, et al., 2006 WL 3071375 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006)
• Bergeland v. Perkins, 2005 WL 2207632 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005)
• Keitzer v. Blake Builders, Inc., 2003 WL 1962446 ( Minn. App., Apr 29, 2003)
• Miner v. Hastings, 2005 WL 1154183 ( Minn. App., May 17, 2005 )(NO. A04-1464)
• Rose Revocable Trust v. Eppich, C3-00-1163, 640 N.W.2d 601 (Minn. 2002)
• West v. Heart of the Lakes Const., Inc., 2002 WL 1013529 (Minn. App., May 21, 2002)

Criminal Matters

• Bertram, et al. v. Poole, et al., 597 N.W.2d 309 (Minn. App. 1999)
• In Re the Matter of: Robert Gilmore SWAN,1998 WL 217190 (Minn. App.)
• U.S. v. Jefferson, 215 F. 3d 687 (8 th Cir. 2000)
• U.S. v. Ramos-Torres, 187 F. 3d 820 (8 th Cir. 1999)

Employment Practices

• Guercio v. Production Automation Corp., 664 NW 2d 379 (Minn. Ct. App 2003)
• Beatty v. North Central Companies, Inc.,  282 F.3d 602 (8 th Cir. 2002)

Family Law

• LaBarre v Kain, 2006 WL 9563 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005)
• Marentic v Marentic, 2006 WL 1704151 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006)
• Arneson v. Arneson, N.W.2d, 2003 WL 22787343 ( Minn. App.)
• Gerads v. Gerads, N.W.2d, 2003 WL 178801( Minn. App.,2003)
• In Re the Application of Salah, 629 N.W.2d 99, (Minn. App., Jun 12, 2001)
• Kober v. Kober,1998 WL 727382 (Minn. App.)
• Kozel v. Kozel, 2005 WL 1217339, (Minn. App., May 24, 2005)
• Martin v. Martin,1996 WL 679711, (Minn. App.)
• Olupo v. Olupo, 1999 WL 451750 (Minn. App.)
• Robinson v. Robinson, N.W.2d, 2001 WL 214198, (Minn. App., Mar 06, 2001)
• Simmer v. Simmer, N.W.2d, 2004 WL 1662215, (Minn. App., Jul 27, 2004)
• Smith v. Smith, N.W.2d, 2005 WL 1153775, (Minn.App., May 17, 2005)
• Young v. Liu, N.W. 2d, 2001 WL 1568600, (Minn.App., Dec 11, 2001)

Immigration

• Ejimadu v Gonzalez , 217 Fed. Appx. 576 (8 th Cir. 2007)

Professional Malpractice

• Uhde v. Brook West Chiropractic Clinic, 2004 WL 1559825 (Minn. Ct. App 2004)

Social Security

• Freeman v. Apfel, 208 F. 3d 687 (8 th Cir. 2000)

Miscellaneous

• Davidson ex rel. Heirs of David v. South Metro Human Services, 2001 WL 1569054 (Minn. Ct. App. 2001)

• Traynor v. Thomas & Betts Corp., 260 Wis. 2d 395, 659 NW 2d 158 (Wis Ct. App. 2003)
• Waddell v. University of Minnesota, 221 F. 3d 1346 (8 th Cir. 2000), 532 U.S. 924, 121 S. Ct. 1365 (2000)