Roach Newton has handled a number of high profile supersedeas bond matters, at the appellate stage as well as the trial stage. A plaintiff can enforce his or her judgment as early as thirty days after the judgment is signed. To prevent execution of the judgment, and subsequent seizure of the defendant’s property, the defendant must gather evidence and post a supersedeas bond. This suspends the enforcement of the judgment until the appellate process is complete, allowing the defendant to seek reversal of the judgment without losing substantial assets or declaring bankruptcy.
At Roach Newton LLP, we are experienced in uncovering evidence and developing effective strategies for an affordable supersedeas bond, preventing the loss of assets during the appellate process.
Selected Representations:
- Recently, following a jury verdict in excess of $138million, Roach Newton was engaged as lead appellate counsel. After successfully lowering the Final Judgement by almost two-thirds of that verdict, Roach Newton supervised the preparation by notable experts of a net worth declaration in support of a $1,000 hardship bond. When the trial court later imposed the statutory maximum $25 million bond, Roach Newton was asked to handle both the appeal to the Houston court of appeals as well as an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court that prevented a bankruptcy filing and the siezure of defendant’s non-exempt assets.
- Following a $51 million jury verdict, the defendants engaged Roach Newton as appellate counsel. Roach Newton developed the strategy, supporting evidence, hired the proper experts and crafted the legal arguments that approved $2 million hardship supersedeas bond.
- In a case with a judgment of over $4 million , Roach Newton developed the appellate arguments to support a ‘zero’ supersedeas bond. This prevented the seizure of the defendants’ assets during the appeal on the merits of the judgment.
