Harmless error is one of the most frequently invoked doctrines in appellate law—and one of the least scrutinized. It was designed as a tool ...

The seminar is presented by the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County and Eighth Appellate District and is hosted by Case Western Reserve University School of Law. The Eighth District Court of Appeals, ...

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This article explains that since 1985, appeals as of right to the New York Court of Appeals require a final, legal dissent in favor of the appellant. In 2024, only 7% of appeals were based on such ...

Two Texas appellate judges who lost reelection bids in 2024 launched a civil appeals boutique. Kelly Watkins McPheeters launched this month in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas and has a goal of working ...

The inaugural LLEAP 3 Appellate Practice course is well underway with second-year students completing appellate briefs and preparing for oral arguments in a problem involving Fourth Amendment privacy ...

The trial is over. The jury has spoken – or the judge has ruled – and the outcome wasn’t what you hoped. Now what? At that moment, many litigants turn to the idea of an appeal as a second chance, a do ...

Other legal specialties: General business litigation. I also have some experience with insurance defense (general negligence, car accidents, premises liability) and aviation law. Education: Bachelor’s ...

Mark regularly serves as lead outside appellate counsel to major global companies in their most significant matters. His significant appeals have included most areas of business litigation, including ...

The high court’s unanimous decisions in Seamus Coyle v. State and Harry Davis, Jr. v. State, were both authored by Justice Shirley Watts. (The Daily Record/File Photo) In a pair of rulings Wednesday, ...

I have the privilege of working with future lawyers every day. After the United States Supreme Court gutted affirmative action, I knew they’d have something to say. “Only 5% of lawyers are Hispanic,” ...

Pastor Staci Imes, of Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, finishes putting sunscreen on Gus Fitzpatrick-Imes, 4, before the annual Seattle Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Seattle. Florida can ...