No qualified trial lawyer will handle an appeal
Appellate law is a very specialized subset of legal practice and any trial lawyer who does not hand off the case to an appellate specialist when the case goes to appeal is borderline commiting malpractice - regardless of whether the client won or lost the case.
I was involved in a legal action and we won big
The jerk that sued appealed.
Our lawyer was one of the best in the business but he insisted that he step aside and we retain a top appellate specialist to handle the appeal
H the jerks lawyer used the same shyster that lost the case to handle the appeal
They lost even bigger
Some do. Throughout my career I have. But I agree, it is somewhat rare.
But no doubt the enemy media, and Never Trumpers, will keep trying to make more out of it.