Respondent’s Brief
THE RESPONDENT’S BRIEF
. . . I’ve given a lot of advice on how to write appellate briefs. I’ve focused mostly on the appellant’s opening brief, because it poses the greatest challenge. Appellate courts reverse less than 20% of the trial court judgments they review, so it’s an uphill battle to get them to reverse in your case. …
Read MoreWHEN “THE FACTS” ARE NOT THE FACTS
Most lawyers think you win appeals with erudite dissertations on the law. Not me. The law matters, but the facts matter more. When I was a kid, I used to watch a TV show called Dragnet. L.A. homicide detective Joe Friday (who never smiled) would interview a befuddled witness with this reassurance: “Just the facts,…
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