Appellate work is very different from trial work. Though an appellate advocate should be a competent trial attorney, not all trial attorneys should be appellate advocates. Paul Croushore's overall successful direct appeal reversal rate is 34.74% as of September 24, 2024.

Only 6.8% of federal criminal appellate decisions are reversals nationally, but Paul's reversal rate for defendants on federal direct appeals is 36.0%.

At the state level, 17.6% of civil appeals result in reversals by the court of appeals for Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; Paul has succeeded 38.2% of the time in getting the trial court reversed in state civil cases. In criminal cases he has similarly secured reversals of the trial court's decision in 32.0% of criminal direct appeals, compared to the Cincinnati average of 10.6%.

Technical skill, while important, is not enough. There are many competent lawyers, but only a few who succeed in convincing appellate judges to make their trial court colleagues re-try or revise a case that has been decided. Very few are willing to discuss their success rates or publish all of their appellate decisions for your review on his website, .

Paul is admitted in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of International Trade, and the U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal, the state courts of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, and federal courts in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Paul is an Author for Moore's Federal Practice, Chapters 208 - Complex Appeals, and 207 - Practice in the Federal Circuit, along with chapters covering Civil Rules 17-22, Capacity, Joinder, and Interpleader. Paul was recently named to Who's Who in America.