Herb Fox

Herb Fox

Herb Fox is a certified appellate law specialist with 39 years of experience in appellate courts throughout the state. His practice includes writs and appeals in a wide variety of civil cases, and contingency fee representation of plaintiffs defending judgments on appeal. More information about Herb can be found at FoxAppeals.com. Herb can be reached at HFox@FoxAppeals.com

Articles written by this author:

The Statement of Decision

The Statement of Decision

Don’t leave a court trial without it!


Remedies for adverse orders

The remedies for adverse orders offer many roads to keep hope alive


Your attorney’s fees on appeal

Preserving your right to attorney’s fee awards before, during, and after an appeal


Anti-SLAPP at the Supreme Court

Anti-SLAPP at the Supreme Court

The long and winding road, unabated: A review of major anti-SLAPP rulings since 2016


Appellate resuscitation

Appellate resuscitation

Your summary judgment on appeal


Effective appellate mediation

Effective appellate mediation

A closer look at the mediation of a defense appeal from a money judgment


When a post-judgment appeal just won’t do

When a post-judgment appeal just won’t do

Appealable orders and statutory writs: Finding [[case]]immediate relief[[/case]]


When error is not enough

[[case]]Prejudicial[[/case]] error – a Constitutional standard – is the only basis upon which the Court of Appeal can reverse a lower court’s decision


Buying time

Buying time

Tips for extending your Notice of Appeal deadline and traps to avoid


Appeal from a Bench trial: Simplified statement-of-decision procedures coming soon

New law will revise California Rule of Court 3.1590, perhaps the most opaque rule ever issued by the Judicial Council