With more than three decades of unparalleled experience in appellate practice and a proven track record of success before the highest courts in the nation, Stewart G. Milch is an advocate who can navigate the most challenging legal battles. Stewart brings a wealth of expertise, strategic insight, and persuasive advocacy to every case, ensuring client interests are fiercely represented at trial and on appeal.
- Briefed and argued cases in Texas Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, intermediate Texas appellate courts, and trial courts
- Acted as embedded appellate counsel at trials in Texas and other states.
- Prepared appellate briefs, motions in limine, and critical motion documents and argued in trial and appellate courts nationwide.
- Commercial litigation of high-stakes claims, claims involving subject matters such as unjust enrichment, breach of contract, tortious interference with business relationships, employment disputes, and other commercial and business litigation, involving major U.S. corporations from inception through trial.
- Prepared trial memoranda and memoranda of law in support of motions in limine.
- Performed legal research to aid trial attorneys with preparation of jury verdict questionnaires and requests to charge.
- Prepared and opposed summary judgment motions.
- Served as trial monitoring counsel in anticipation of post-trial and appellate practice.
- Litigated commercial trucking, products liability, and other high exposure matters.
- The Secret Sauce: Thirty-Nine Ways to Improve Your Legal Writing Right Now, Amazon Publishing, 2022-2024
- Gender-Biased Language: Can We Avoid It Without Being Awkward?, For the Defense, July 2020
- Why You Should Argue Your Appeal, Law360, July 2017
- Featured Speaker, Appellate Legal Writing and Oral Argument Skills, December 2024
- Featured Speaker, The Art of Legal Writing and Persuasive Oral Argument, November 2023
- Featured Speaker, Appeals Unveiled: Exploring Appellate Practice, July 2023
- Speaker, Appellate/Legal Writing Lunch & Learn, February 2020
- Speaker, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, A Career in Law, February 2017
Admissions
- Texas
- New York
- U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fifth, and Eighth Circuits
- U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
- Appellate Practice Section
- Member, Outreach & Engagement Committee
- Texas Bar College
- Dallas Bar Association
- Appellate Practice Section
Community Involvement
- Hobart and Williams Smith Colleges, Alumni Admissions Volunteer, 1990-2025
- Prosper Independent School District, Prosper Career Independent Study, Panel Participant and Student Mentor, 2022-2025
- SPCA of Dallas and Cavalier Rescue USA foster family
Education
- J.D., New York Law School, 1993
- Journal of Human Rights, New York Law School
- B.A., Hobart College, 1990
- Four-year, merit-based scholarship
Honors
- Super Lawyers® distinction in for New York/Metro Area
- Martindale Hubbell AV Rating, Peer and Judiciary Rating
- Distinguished Law Firm Legal Writing Award, Law360, 2018