Cherise Bacalski Email and Phone Number

I am an appellate attorney through and through. 👏🏻👏🏻 I began my practice at the Utah Attorney General’s office in the Criminal Appeals division, and I’ve clerked at both the Utah Supreme Court and the Utah Court of Appeals. After clerking, I became roster qualified to represent indigent clients in criminal matters in both Utah and California. In January 2020, my partners and I co-founded The Appellate Group and have never looked back.I hold advanced degrees in both writing and rhetoric. I taught college-level writing courses in advanced persuasive writing, rhetoric, and creative writing at Brigham Young University for almost a decade. And I currently teach Appellate Brief Writing at BYU Law, where our firm also leads the Appellate Practice Clinic and where I also coach Moot Court when time permits. I have served as Section Chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the Utah Bar and am involved in Women Lawyers of Utah.In my spare time, I like to travel, mountain bike, hold my babies, weight lift, cook, date my husband, and sleep. I am learning to sail and can’t wait to circumnavigate the world one day with my family.