Appellate Essays

Appellate Essays

2005
The Top Ten Ways to Lose Your Appeal – posted January 23, 2005
Explaining an Appellate Practice – posted Jan. 31, 2005
The Importance of Humphreys v. Ozmint – posted February 8, 2005
Lots of Goodies in This CAV Opinion – posted February 15, 2006
Training the Appellate Advocate – posted February 27, 2005
Practice Tips — Straight from the Clerk Suggestions
from the Supreme Court Clerk
– posted March 7, 2005
Federal Jurisdiction; The Tweezer Method – posted March 21, 2005
A Quick Read on Appellate Statistics – posted April 30, 2005
Sun Tzu: The Art of Appellate War – posted November 20, 2005
The Top 10 Appellate Stories of 2005 – posted December 18-22, 2005

2006
Lots of Goodies in This CAV Opinion – posted February 15, 2006
Cicero on Oral Argument – posted February 19, 2006
Chastising Unnecessary Length – posted April 11,2006
New USSCt Rule on Citing Unpublished Opinions – posted April 13, 2006
Spontaneity in Oral Argument – posted June 4, 2006
The Trial Lawyer’s Tightrope Walk – posted July 2, 2006
Hemingway on Appellate Writing – posted August 5, 2006
What Not to Say – posted August 29, 2006
A Lesson from the Life of Frank Dunham – posted November 18, 2006

2007
The Top 10 Appellate Stories of 2006 – posted January 1, 2007
Year-End Report on Judicial Pay – posted January 2, 2007
FAQ — What Trial Lawyers Want to Know – posted February 6, 2007
Life in the Land of Appellate Tranquility – posted February 7, 2007
“Gotcha” Defenses in Appellate Courts – posted February 13, 2007
New Pro Bono Civil Attorneys’ Panel – posted February 18, 2007