Senior Appellate Attorney – Criminal Defense

Grand Canyon Law Group does one thing: criminal defense. We help good people accused of a crime take control of their case and save their future, and for many of our clients that fight doesn’t end at the verdict.

The Senior Appellate Attorney leads the firm’s post-conviction practice. You own every matter from the moment sentence is pronounced to the day the mandate issues: direct appeals, Rule 32 and Rule 33 post-conviction relief, special actions, petitions for review, and federal habeas. You find the issues that win, cut the ones that don’t, and write briefs that judges want to read.

You are also our trial team’s in-house appellate strategist. By helping our trial lawyers frame issues, draft instructions, and preserve the record before and during trial, you make sure every case is built to survive an appeal before it ever reaches you.

This is not a research-and-support seat. It is a lead-advocate role for a seasoned criminal appellate lawyer who has written a lot of briefs, stood at the podium, and wants to build an appellate practice at a firm that treats appeals as core work.