With just 12 lawyers, Stris & Maher is small, but the Los Angeles-based litigation boutique is also proving to be mighty.

The firm makes its first appearance on the Appellate Hot List this year after name partner Peter Stris racked up two wins before the U.S. Supreme Court in major business disputes. He’s scheduled to appear again this term on behalf of a putative class of consumers in Microsoft v. Baker, as is partner Dan Geyser in Midland Funding v. Johnson, a consumer-protection case.