Practice Areas
- Amicus Support & Shaping the Law
- Anti-SLAPP Motions & Appeals
- Business & Commercial Law
- California Supreme Court & Court of Appeal
- Class Actions
- Consumer Law
- Entertainment Law
- Federal Appellate Practice
- First Amendment
- Healthcare Litigation
- Insurance Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment Litigation
- Premises Liability
- Pro Bono
- Products Liability & Toxic Torts
- Professional Responsibility & Liability
- Public Entity Liability
- Punitive Damages
- Real Property Litigation
- Trial Consultation
We are committed to public service. Many of our attorneys devote substantial time to bar association and judicial committees and legal education. Most importantly, the firm regularly makes its appellate expertise available in a varied array of pro bono appellate cases.
Horvitz & Levy partners supervise the Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic at the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, helping to educate the next generation of lawyers and acting as co-counsel for clients in pro bono civil rights appeals. The firm has also handled appeals—as counsel both for parties and for amici curiae in the United States and California Supreme Courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the California Court of Appeal—on behalf of or in conjunction with such groups as, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, the Family Violence Appellate Project, Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, The Alliance for Children’s Rights, and Public Counsel. Our pro bono appellate cases have included issues concerning parental and children’s rights, protecting victims of domestic violence, foster care benefits, access to the courts to seek child support, political asylum, the appellate rights of prisoners litigating civil cases without counsel, and the right of indigent litigants to waivers of court fees.
Contact Bradley S. Pauley for more information about our Pro Bono practice.
*Please note that as appellate counsel, Horvitz & Levy does not directly handle matters, such as applications for domestic violence restraining orders, in the trial court.
Navarro v. Cervera
Court of Appeal emphasizes that Domestic Violence Protection Act must be applied to achieve its protective purposes.
Read MoreBent v. Garland
Ninth Circuit relies on an amicus brief filed by Horvitz & Levy to hold that a criminal conviction vacated by a California statute cannot later trigger federal immigration proceedings.
Read MoreLong v. Sugai
Ninth Circuit issues published opinion in favor of H&L pro bono client in civil rights case.
Read MoreCooley v. Hernandez
California Court of Appeal reverses rulings that prevented a personal representative from settling a decedent’s lawsuit.
Read MoreLeonard v. Peters
Ninth Circuit reverses summary judgment order in pro bono civil rights case on behalf of Oregon state prisoner.
Read MoreGuardianship of Saul H.
California Supreme Court reverses Court of Appeal, holding Horvitz & Levy's client is entitled to state court findings allowing him to apply to the federal government for Special Immigrant Juvenile status.
Read MoreCoston v. Nangalama
Ninth Circuit orders a new trial on prisoner’s Eighth Amendment claim for denial of medical care
Read MoreShorter v. Baca
Ninth Circuit holds that former jail inmate is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on her excessive search and inadequate sanitation claims
Read MoreAlvarez v. Silva
California Court of Appeal reverses mutual domestic violence restraining order entered against our client
Read MoreAshby v. Ashby
California Court of Appeal affirms renewal of domestic violence restraining order in favor of Horvitz & Levy’s pro bono client
Read MoreSernas v. Cantrell
Ninth Circuit reverses district court’s dismissal of prisoner’s civil rights claim
Read MoreRiley v. Kernan
Ninth Circuit reinstates prisoner’s civil rights lawsuit on religious liberty grounds
Read MoreShia v. Shia
California Court of Appeal reverses spousal support award because trial court failed to consider domestic violence evidence
Read MoreByrd v. Phoenix Police Dep't
Ninth Circuit reverses dismissal of prisoner's civil rights claims.
Read MoreNance v. Miser
Ninth Circuit reverses dismissal of Muslim prisoner's religious liberty claims
Read MoreArmstrong v. Kaplon
Ninth Circuit reaffirms that criminal restitution orders are not dischargeable in bankruptcy
Read MoreByrd v. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Ninth Circuit reverses dismissal of prisoner civil rights claims
Read MoreSantos M. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
California Court of Appeal rules for H&L pro bono clients in family law dispute over eligibility for immigration relief
Read MoreSheehe v. Kihagi
California Court of Appeal rules for H&L pro bono client in rent control dispute
Read MoreGarity v. APWU National Labor Organization
Ninth Circuit reverses dismissal of ADA lawsuit against union
Read MoreHarbor Missionary Church Corporation v. City of San Buenaventura
Ninth Circuit reverses denial of preliminary injunction to permit church to keep homeless ministry open
Read MoreEscobedo v. Apple American Group
Ninth Circuit issues published opinion for pro bono client, clarifies rules for indigent litigants.
Read MoreFalcon v. Farley
Ninth Circuit reverses summary judgment against pro bono client in First Amendment Case.
Read MoreSqrow v. A.G.M.G.H. Five, the Ranch Limited Partnership
California Court of Appeal permits low-income seniors to proceed with challenge to 144-percent rent increase.
Read MoreR.R. v. H.F.
California Court of Appeal orders trial court to enforce mother's rights to legal custody and reconsider her request for greater visitation with her now six-year-old child.
Read MoreGonzales v. California Department of Corrections
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses dismissal of civil rights claims.
Read MoreJimenez v. Holder
United States government dismisses removal proceedings against immigrant family.
Read MoreS. R. v. Superior Court
Superior court grants domestic violence victim’s request for a waiver of court fees after Court of Appeal issues alternative writ of mandate.
Read MoreIn re Pineda
Horvitz & Levy petition to California Supreme Court results in reconsideration of ruling against abused minor.
Read MoreSilverbrand v. County of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court extends “prison delivery rule” to notices of appeal in civil cases.
Read MoreDurando v. County of Los Angeles
Adoptive parents of disabled children obtain public benefits.
Read MoreThe Alliance for Children's Rights v. L.A. County Dept. of Children & Family Services
California Court of Appeal upholds juvenile court’s authority to monitor social workers’ visitation of dependent foster children.
Read MoreReed v. United Teachers Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal amicus brief supporting settlement agreement that halted seniority-based layoffs in low performing schools.
Read MoreChavez v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of public interest organizations in dispute over availability of attorney fees in low-damage discrimination cases.
Read MoreCaso Campo Algodonero
Amici curiae brief in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on behalf of various women's and human rights organizations, supporting claims against Mexico under the American Convention on Human Rights and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women.
Read MoreChen v. Mukasey
Ninth Circuit brief for a man denied asylum and relief from religious persecution under the Convention Against Torture.
Read MorePractice Areas
- Amicus Support & Shaping the Law
- Anti-SLAPP Motions & Appeals
- Business & Commercial Law
- California Supreme Court & Court of Appeal
- Class Actions
- Consumer Law
- Entertainment Law
- Federal Appellate Practice
- First Amendment
- Healthcare Litigation
- Insurance Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment Litigation
- Premises Liability
- Pro Bono
- Products Liability & Toxic Torts
- Professional Responsibility & Liability
- Public Entity Liability
- Punitive Damages
- Real Property Litigation
- Trial Consultation