Andy Cockle | Cockle Legal Briefs

About Andy Cockle

Andy is a third generation legal brief printer. Cockle Law Brief Printing was founded in 1923 by Andy’s grandparents, who were both attorneys. At that time, the Cockles worked primarily with briefs that were filed in the Nebraska Supreme Court. In the 1980s, Andy and Trish—Andy’s sister and partner—guided the company to specialize in U.S. Supreme Court briefs. Andy is a lifelong resident of Omaha, and he obtained a Business degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He started working at Cockle Law Brief Printing in 1982. Andy schedules briefs, handles marketing, tracks the Supreme Court’s docket, and fields the myriad questions that attorneys ask him in regard to filing a U.S. Supreme Court brief. He enjoys handball, rollerblading, reading and with his wife, Mary Helen, traveling to visit his two grown children.

19 Dec, 2014

December 19th: New Merits Brief

Andy Cockle2014-12-19T16:43:19-06:00December 19th, 2014|

Brief For Respondent in Tex. Dep’t of Hous. and Cmty. Affairs v. The Inclusive Cmties. Project, Inc., No. 13-1371, filed on December 17th.

19 Dec, 2014

December 19th: Recently Filed Petitions

Andy Cockle2014-12-19T16:42:58-06:00December 19th, 2014|

Mitchell v. U.S., filed on December 12, 2014 Walker v. California, filed on December 16, 2014 SHAC, LLC v. Nev. Dep’t of Taxation, filed on December 17, 2014

16 Dec, 2014

How to Structure a Brief in Opposition

Andy Cockle2019-03-18T18:47:31-05:00December 16th, 2014|Tags: Brief in Opposition|

You have decided to respond to your opponent’s petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. You know that you have 30 days from the petition’s docketing date to file a brief in opposition, but what sections are required? How do you structure your brief? Does there need to be an appendix? [...]

5 Dec, 2014

December 5th: Recently Filed Petitions

Andy Cockle2014-12-05T15:24:13-06:00December 5th, 2014|

McCauley v. Sec’y, Fla. Dept. of Corr., filed on December 2, 2014 Whitaker v. Mississippi, filed on December 4, 2014

28 Nov, 2014

November 28th: Recently Filed Petitions

Andy Cockle2014-11-28T14:06:34-06:00November 28th, 2014|

Merrimon v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am., filed on November 21, 2014 Rivera v. Michigan, filed on November 21, 2014 Jones v. Wagner, filed on November 24, 2014 Sarras v. U.S., filed on November 26, 2014

21 Nov, 2014

November 21st: New Merits Brief

Andy Cockle2014-11-21T17:49:49-06:00November 21st, 2014|

Brief For Respondents in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona, No. 13-502, filed on November 14, 2014.

21 Nov, 2014

November 21st: Recently Filed Petitions

Andy Cockle2014-11-21T17:46:31-06:00November 21st, 2014|

Oklahoma v. Burwell, filed on November 18, 2014 Kagan v. City of New Orleans, filed on November 18, 2014 Hurst v. Lee Cnty., Mississippi, filed on November 19, 2014 Kot v. U.S., filed on November 20, 2014

20 Nov, 2014

How technology has changed Supreme Court brief printing

Andy Cockle2019-03-18T18:47:32-05:00November 20th, 2014|

The look of the Supreme Court brief has not changed much over the past few decades, but the process used to produce it sure has. For most of the Supreme Court’s history, something other than a computer with word-processing was used to create a Supreme Court brief. Typesetting (known as word-processing today) was a long [...]

14 Nov, 2014