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Appellate Briefs
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Southern California Appellate News
E-service of briefs to LASC!
Superior Court of Los Angeles County Establishes New Electronic Process for Service and Delivery of Appellate Briefs to Judicial OfficersBeginning Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, the Superior Court of Los Angeles…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
“Appellate Briefs-One Judge’s View of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly-Part Two”
By Judge Mary Jane Trapp (Ret.)
Last month’s post examined the “pet peeves” most frequently cited by my colleagues, mentors, and judicial attorney staff. I promised to provide positive tips in the second installment of “Appellate…
Southern California Appellate News
"regrettable briefing"
In this 2/8 published opinion here (from last Friday), you have get to page 52 for the ethics lesson:We must address the regrettable briefing submitted by Mother’s appellate counsel. Mother’s appellate…
Southern California Appellate News
Poor practice on display
One way to lose an appeal is to not file an acceptable opening brief that does what a brief should do. Two cases in point today. First, this unpub from…
HeplerBroom Blog
An Attorney’s Guide to Preparing Briefs for Missouri Appellate Courts
An attorney’s guide and on how to successfully prepare briefs for Missouri’s appellate courts. Includes tips by an attorney who has successfully prepared numerous briefs accepted by Missouri’s appellate courts.
North Carolina Appellate Practice Blog
We’re Not Reading All That! The Court of Appeals Sanctions One Appellant While Warning Everyone Else Not to Use an Appendix to Violate the Court of Appeals Word-Count Limit
By Beth Scherer
It’s not every day that the Court of Appeals spends almost 12 pages talking about the appellate rules, including why rules compliance is so important. But that’s exactly what the…
Arkansas Appeals
Cover All Grounds: The “Independent Ground” as a Basis for Summarily Affirming a Case
By Andy Taylor
Case: Madding v. Keech Law Firm, P.A., et al., 2023 Ark. App. 377. Key Takeaway: If the circuit court has more than one independent ground or basis for its ruling,…
Southern California Appellate News
Slamming poor appellate briefing!
Check out this intro paragraph from this unpub'd 4/3 decision today:This case demonstrates the importance of adequate briefing. As we have said in the past, “appellate practice entails rigorous original…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Sometimes a Reply Brief Should Explore a New Path
Several times over the past couple of years, I agreed to join an appellate team in a case to help finish the reply brief and make the argument. Its not…
Southern California Appellate News
Appellate tidbits in cases
When you see a section in an opinion titled something like "Some observations about....," you can bet it's from Justice Richman! Today's installment (from a decision on Friday) "Introduction, and Some…