After seeing a video of one of appellate public defender Andrew Fleischman's oral arguments before the Georgia Supreme Court in a contested murder case, criminal defense lawyer Noah Pines hired him.

“I'm a bit of an appellate geek,” said Pines of Ross & Pines. “I watch Georgia Supreme Court arguments online.”

Before joining Ross & Pines last week, Fleischman, 33, handled conflict criminal appeals as a staff attorney for the Georgia Public Defender Council. In his six years in practice, he's already argued five cases before the Georgia Supreme Court—winning four so far.