Brandon L. Boxler is a nationally recognized appellate litigator who chairs the firm’s Appeals and Advanced Motions Practice Group.
After clerking for Judge Ed Carnes on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Brandon litigated for nearly a decade in the appellate groups of two international law firms. He has represented clients in some of the country’s most complex and high-profile trials and appeals, including cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, most federal courts of appeals, and nearly a dozen state appellate courts. From emergency stays to en banc proceedings and everything in between, Brandon has notched important wins for clients at every phase of the appellate process.
In addition to his work in the country’s appellate courts, Brandon routinely represents clients in trial courts across the country, where he focuses on class actions, products liability, administrative law, and constitutional rights. He has successfully represented clients in multiple challenges to agency rulemakings and won dispositive motions for defendants in cases seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Brandon also regularly embeds with trial teams to provide strategic and briefing support in cases involving particularly complex or novel issues. Most recently, he embedded with the trial team that won a defense verdict in a class action trial involving allegedly defective headrests, Costa v. FCA US LLC, No. 1:20-cv-11810 (D. Mass.), and with the trial team that successfully defended the first ever multi-state MDL issues class action to go to verdict, FCA US LLC Monostable Electronic Gearshift Litigation, No. 2:16-md-02744 (E.D. Mich.).
Brandon graduated Order of the Coif from William & Mary Law School, where he received the Lawrence W. I’Anson Award—the law school’s highest honor. He was an editor on the law review, published an award-winning note on Daubert, and won multiple national awards for his oral and written advocacy. Since law school, his legal commentary has appeared in numerous publications across the country, including pieces discussing privacy rights, personal jurisdiction, class actions, Article III standing, and developments at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Brandon is recognized in the Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Appellate Practice and Administrative Law.
Representative Matters—Appellate Court
Brandon has handled civil and criminal appeals on a wide range of issues, including constitutional rights, class actions, product liability, copyright, gaming, and employment disputes.
- Successfully represented an automaker in a Sixth Circuit appeal that reversed a district court order finding the automaker had waived its arbitration rights in an MDL proceeding. See In Re Chrysler Pacifica Fire Recall Prods. Liab. Litig., 143 F.4th 718 (6th Cir. 2025).
- Secured appellate affirmance of a summary judgment award for automaker in a case involving allegations of negligent entrustment. See Kaufman v. Guevara, — P.3d –, 2025 WL 3548729 (Ariz. Ct. App. Dec. 11, 2025).
- Successfully petitioned state appellate court for discretionary review of a trial court order denying a manufacturer’s motion to transfer venue.
- Represented an automaker in a Ninth Circuit appeal involving whether a putative class representative must arbitrate his claims.
- Represented a consumer products company in multiple state and federal court appeals involving due process, issue preclusion, and other issues arising from a decertified class action.
- Secured a writ of mandamus and a stay pending appeal of a state trial court’s order allowing sweeping discovery.
- Represented a software company in a Fourth Circuit appeal involving the extraterritorial reach of statutes.
- Secured a judgment for copyright holders in a D.C. Circuit appeal concerning the distribution of nearly $1 billion in compulsory license royalties.
- Represented a manufacturer in a state court appeal involving the interpretation of the state’s product liability statute.
Representative Matters—Trial Courts
Brandon has briefed and argued dispositive and other major motions in trial courts across the country, including cases involving product liability, administrative law, consumer protection, breach of contract, constitutional rights, and jurisdictional disputes, to name a few. He routinely embeds with trial teams to help with motions practice, trial strategy, and issue preservation, including recent jury trials involving a multistate class action, a product liability dispute, and a construction dispute.
- Defended a publishing company in a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit stemming from alleged factual inaccuracies in political reporting.
- Drafted multiple successful motions for summary judgment on behalf of manufacturers in product liability cases.
- Represented a social media company in multiple offensive breach-of-contract lawsuits against foreign companies.
- Defended the CEO of a trucking company against claims for breach of fiduciary duty.
- Represented clients in multiple successful challenges to agency rulemaking in cases brought under the Administrative Procedure Act.
- Represented a gig economy company in litigation seeking to invalidate a state statute on constitutional grounds.