To err is human – even for judges.  When that happens, litigants may consider whether to undertake an appeal of their case.  A number of factors may play into the decision to appeal a court’s order or a trial verdict.  Those include the importance of rights which the party believes were violated, the issue or issues in question,  the potential for success on appeal and the cost to undertake an appeal. Mr. Lewis has been representing clients as an appellate attorney in courts throughout the State of California and the nation for over twenty years.  Most recently, in a case involving employee rights, the California Court of Appeals sided with Mr. Lewis, in a published opinion, that an individual officer/agent of a corporate employer may be held liable for a variety of penalties, and including attorney’s fees, under the California Labor Code.