About Dan E.
Dan E. Liebman is an attorney admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is identified with the Ninth Circuit jurisdiction and has built a practice around matters that arise at that level of the federal judiciary. He is known as a lawyer who handles appellate filings and the procedural work that accompanies appeals.
Liebman’s practice concentrates on federal appellate proceedings. His work routinely involves preparing briefs, petitions, and memoranda that frame legal issues for appellate review. He also counsels clients on timing and procedural posture, helps develop the record on appeal, and addresses the technical rules that govern filings in the Ninth Circuit.
Appellate practice requires a different pace and set of skills than trial-level work. Liebman’s approach emphasizes careful legal research and precise writing. Oral argument, when it occurs, requires clear responses to judges’ questions and a tight explanation of the legal and factual record. Those are the skills his practice engages when matters proceed beyond briefing.
Throughout his career he has addressed the procedural and substantive demands that arise in appeals. He works with clients to identify the proper issues for appeal and to craft arguments that are both legally grounded and practically oriented to what an appellate panel will review. His work often intersects with federal jurisdictional questions, standards of review, and the specific precedents of the Ninth Circuit.
Outside of court filings, Liebman’s practice includes advising lawyers and clients on strategic choices tied to appeals. That can mean assessing whether to seek en banc review, to pursue rehearing or relief in the Supreme Court, or to resolve matters through settlement before an appellate decision. His current practice centers on federal appellate work before the Ninth Circuit, and he continues to represent clients in matters that advance to that forum.
