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Andy Cockle

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 Jan, 2016

January 15th: New Merits Brief

2016-01-19T19:55:55-06:00January 19th, 2016|

  Reply Brief for Petitioners in Nebraska v. Parker, No. 14-1406, filed on January 12, 2016   To read this Supreme Court merits brief, or to review the Court’s docket for this case, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!

8 Jan, 2016

January 8th: New Merits Brief

2016-01-08T15:18:40-06:00January 8th, 2016|

  Reply Brief for Petitioner in Molina-Martinez v. U.S., No. 14-8913, filed on January 4, 2016   To read this Supreme Court merits brief, or to review the Court’s docket for this case, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!  

8 Jan, 2016

January 8th: Recently Filed Petitions

2016-01-08T15:19:34-06:00January 8th, 2016|

  Schneider v. U.S., filed on January 4, 2016 Chadd v. United States of America, Nat’l Park Serv., filed on January 4, 2016 United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Bible, filed on January 4, 2016   To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!

5 Jan, 2016

Use Your Id. for a Supra Legal Brief

2019-03-18T18:47:23-05:00January 5th, 2016|Tags: , , , |

“Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.” --Satchel Paige A couple of dangerous words legal brief writers use for looking back are “id.” and “supra.” Dangerous because what is usually gaining from one direction is a limit on words or pages (a word count under U.S. Supreme Court rules or a page limit [...]

31 Dec, 2015

December 31st: New Merits Brief

2015-12-31T14:41:54-06:00December 31st, 2015|

  Reply Brief for Petitioner in Duncan v. Owens, No. 14-1516, filed on December 30, 2015 To read this Supreme Court merits brief, or to review the Court’s docket for this case, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!  

31 Dec, 2015

December 31st: Recently Filed Petitions

2015-12-31T14:48:28-06:00December 31st, 2015|

  Vermont v. MPHJ Tech. Invs., LLC, filed on December 28, 2015 Spaulding v. Welch, filed on December 29, 2015 To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!  

24 Dec, 2015

December 24th: New Merits Briefs

2015-12-24T15:53:28-06:00December 24th, 2015|

Brief for Respondents in Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., No. 14-1382, filed on December 23, 2015 Brief for Petitioner in Nichols v. U.S., No. 15-5238, filed on December 23, 2015

24 Dec, 2015

December 24th: Recently Filed Petitions

2015-12-24T15:52:56-06:00December 24th, 2015|

Beverly Enters., Inc. v. Cyr, filed on December 18, 2015 Owen Thomas, Inc. v. Atiapo, filed on December 18, 2015 Blanchard v. Brown, filed on December 21, 2015 Gov’t of Belize v. Belize Soc. Dev. Ltd., filed on December 22, 2015

18 Dec, 2015

December 18th: Recently Filed Petitions

2015-12-18T15:30:06-06:00December 18th, 2015|

Wilson v. Texas, filed on December 11, 2015 Crow Allottees v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, filed on December 14, 2015 Beacon Res., Inc. v. W. Va. Dep’t of Transp., filed on December 15, 2015 Pundt v. Verizon Commc’ns, Inc., filed on December 15, 2015 Pitzer v. Tenorio, filed on December 16, 2015