Robin Meadow finds that lawyers he meets are astonished when he tells them that his Los Angeles firm Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland has 22 attorneys, all of whom are appellate specialists. "Once you leave D.C.," Meadow said, "firms tend to have one or two appellate lawyers at most."

There is strength in numbers when it comes to appellate work, partner Kent Richland said. The firm can gather a group of appellate lawyers in one room to discuss the abstract legal theories and strategies that often are essential to winning at the appellate level. "One person by himself or herself doesn’t give you the same horsepower," he said.

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