Appellate briefs · Appendices · Any U.S. court

Your appeal brief, formatted to the court’s rules

Upload your draft — however rough. AppealDraft puts it into the sections your court requires, builds the table of contents, table of authorities and certificates, and assembles a paginated appendix from your record. Word and PDF, ready to file.

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From $99 · paid once, before processing · two free revisions

U.S. Courts of Appeals — FRAP plus each circuit’s local rules

states and D.C. — 98 intermediate and supreme appellate courts

Municipal

appeals from municipal, traffic and local courts

From rough draft to a brief the clerk accepts

Choose the court

Pick the court you’re appealing to. We load its rules: required sections and their order, font, spacing, margins, word or page limits, certificates and appendix style.

Upload your draft and record

Your brief in Word, PDF or text — even photos — plus the judgment, notice of appeal, transcripts and exhibits for the appendix.

Pay once

$99 municipal, $299 state, $499 federal. Your appeal enters the processing queue immediately.

Download and file

Brief and appendix in Word and PDF, plus a review report of everything to check, sign and fill in before you file.

What’s in your brief

A cover in the court’s form, with the right party designations (Defendant-Appellant, Plaintiff-Respondent …)
Every required section, in the required order — written from your draft when it’s missing, never with new arguments
Point headings in the court’s style, and a table of contents with real page numbers
A table of authorities: cases, statutes, rules — with every page, or “passim”
Correct font, size, spacing, margins and page numbering; searchable PDF with embedded fonts and bookmarks
Certificates of compliance (with the word count) and service

…and your appendix

Your record documents in the order the rules expect, with an index
The court’s page numbers stamped on every page — Da1, JA1, 1-ER-1, Appx1, A-1 …
Those page numbers used for record citations in your brief
Volumes for large records, bookmarks for every document
Scans, photos, Word files and locked-down court PDFs all handled

AppealDraft is a document-preparation service, not a law firm. The AI formats your draft; it doesn’t research the law, add arguments or check your citations.

One price per appeal

What’s included

Municipal appeal

$99

Appeals from municipal, traffic and other local courts — including New Jersey municipal appeals to the Law Division.

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State appeal

$299

Any state intermediate appellate court or supreme court, in all 50 states and D.C.

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Federal appeal

$499

Any of the 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals, applying FRAP and the circuit’s local rules.

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Fonts, word limits, required sections and appendix rules for every federal circuit and state appellate court.

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