History of Speaker Law Firm, PLLC

Speaker Law Firm was founded in April 2007 by Liisa R. Speaker.  Ms. Speaker began this appellate boutique after practicing law for eight years in Michigan and Texas.  Speaker Law Firm has many years of experience in appellate practice.  This experience includes practice before the Michigan and Texas Supreme Courts, the Michigan and Texas Courts of Appeals, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth Circuits.  This diverse foundation gives Speaker Law Firm experience which sets their services apart from other firms.

Areas of Appellate Practice

Speaker Law Firm has appellate experience in a wide range of legal subjects.  The following areas are a small sample of the types of appeals Speaker Law Firm has handled:

Procedural Issues
Regardless of the substantive area of law, many times the issues on appeal solely involve procedure and application of the court rules. Speaker Law Firm has extensive appellate experience on procedural issues.  They have appealed (and defended on appeal) many procedural questions, including jurisdictional issues, motion to quash service, attorney’s fees, scope of appellate orders, equitable tolling of appellate deadlines, forum non conveniens, conflicts of interest, privileges, and evidentiary issues.

Family Law
Speaker Law Firm has represented families in adoption cases, termination of parental rights, child custody disputes, parenting time, grandparenting time, paternity, and child and spousal support.  The Firm obtained a peremptory reversal in the Michigan Supreme Court on an adoption matter. They also prepared an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court on behalf of the Family Law Section regarding fraudulent transfers in divorce.

Personal Injury Litigation
Speaker Law Firm has worked on numerous personal injury appeals, including governmental immunity, premises liability, products liability, negligence, wrongful death distribution, and legal malpractice.  Included in briefing were substantive legal issues such as proximate cause, agency, and duty.

Probate Litigation
Speaker Law Firm has represented clients in probate appeals at the Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, and the Michigan Supreme Court on issues such as intestate distribution,  undue influence, trustee powers, and the duties of guardian ad litems.

Real Property Law
Speaker Law Firm has briefed a novel issue of real estate law related to the effect of a personal representative’s transfer of real property.  We have also worked on appeals involving boundary disputes, eminent domain, zoning, and riparian rights.

Employment Law
Speaker Law Firm has handled employment appeals addressing covenants not to compete, commission disputes, and sexual harassment claims.  We won an employment discrimination appeal for plaintiff-employee after the trial court overturned a $1.9 million jury verdict.  Speaker Law Firm also filed an amicus brief on a constructive notice issue, which aided a victory in the Michigan Supreme Court.

Commercial Litigation
Speaker Law Firm has also represented businesses on appeals pertaining to conversion, licensing issues, and contract interpretation.  We have also handled interlocutory appeals for a complex commercial litigation appeal involving a $600,000 partnership dispute.

Criminal Law
Speaker Law Firm successfully defended against an appeal by the government from a trial court order dismissing all charges.  The Firm also represented criminal defendants in appeals on jury instructions, search and seizure, sufficiency of evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and many constitutional issues.

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