The trial court has entered judgment in your case. Now what? This series of articles will examine some common questions on appeals to Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court (or Law Court) in civil cases. What is the Law Court? Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court in the state judicial system. Seven judged (called justices) make up the Court. The Court’s main job is to decide appeals of judgments made by Maine’s trial courts. When it is acting in this role, it called the Law Court. What Does an Appeal to the Law Court Involve? The appeals process takes place in three phases: Filing the appeal and assembling the factual record, Briefing by the parties, and Consideration by the Law Court The following is an overview of what happens in each phase. Filing the Appeal and Assembling the Factual Record To ask the Law Court to review the judgment in your case, you or your lawyer must file in the trial court a document called a Notice of Appeal. The trial court will send the court’s file, which contains all…