About Candyce Ewing
Candyce Ewing Abbatt practices appellate law in federal and state courts. She is admitted in the Federal Circuit and in Michigan. Her career centers on arguing cases on appeal and advising trial counsel as they shape records for review.
Abbatt works out of Abbatt Zurawski PC. Her practice includes appearances before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and appellate matters in Michigan courts. She drafts appellate briefs, prepares petitions and responses, and handles motions practice that arises in post-trial and pre-appeal stages. Her day-to-day work blends research, written advocacy and oral argument.
Before establishing her current practice she took on a wide range of appellate assignments that required close attention to procedural detail. Those matters required an ability to distill lengthy trial records into concise legal narratives. She developed a reputation among colleagues for careful brief-writing and for keeping arguments tightly focused on the record and controlling law. Colleagues say she is exacting about citation and chronology, and that she expects the same from opposing counsel.
Her appellate work covers both federal and state procedural issues. That includes preserving issues for appeal, preparing effective statements of the case, and framing questions of law likely to matter on review. She spends substantial time on statutory and regulatory interpretation when those subjects arise on appeal. In court she presents oral argument aimed at clarifying the governing standard of review and the factual predicates that feed it. Her practice also involves advising trial counsel on how best to record testimony and rulings so that the appellate record supports later challenges.
Outside the courtroom she participates in the drafting of motions and responses that precede appeals. She consults with clients about the risks and benefits of pursuing further review and about timing for filing notices and petitions. At Abbatt Zurawski PC she handles appellate dockets and supervises the procedural steps that carry a matter from final judgment through the appellate process. Her current practice concentrates on appellate representation in the Federal Circuit and Michigan courts.
