Roach Newton is also deeply experienced in both bringing and defending against interlocutory appeals, which is increasingly being permitted under revised Texas statutes.
Selected Representations:
- In late 2023, RN successfully obtained the permission of the Austin trial court to file a permissive interlocutory appeal in a post-divorce fraud case. RN had developed as set of legal arguments in support of the dismissal of all fraud claims without the need of a trial. Those arguments were ultimately sustained on the first day of trial in 2024.
- In another fraud case, RN was engaged to handle two statutory interlocutory appeals, one on the issue of personal jurisdiction and the second was on the Anti-Slapp Act. Both of those interlocutory appeals were successfully concluded.
- In a California trucking accident case with national attention, RN was engaged as gross negligence and appellate counsel by national trash hauler to bring interlocutory appeal in California over failure of trial court to require repleading of plaintiffs’ gross negligence and punitive damages claims to provide more specific notice to satisfy federal due process. That case was successfully settled as that interlocutory appeal was proceeding.
- RN was engaged by three individual officers and directors to bring interlocutory appeal against trial court order freezing their personal assets. Order freezing assets dissolved by court of appeals.
- RN was engaged by three oil and gas defendants to challenge trial court’s inclusion of disgorgement damages in post-judgment interest award. Disgorgement damages excluded from interest award by court of appeal and Texas Supreme Court.
- RN was engaged by large Oklahoma-based oil and gas company to bring interlocutory appeal of order regarding dismissal under Anti-SLAPP statute. Appeal mooted by settlement of entire case after pretrial rulings.
