Appellate Practice Editor's Note By Nancy M. Olson It has been seven years since Appellate Issues examined issues surrounding amicus curiae appellate practice, and that is the timely theme of our Fall Edition.
Appellate Practice Multistate Amicus Briefs and Supreme Court Review By Benjamin D. Battles, Burlington, VT Convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to hear your case is no easy task. The Court typically grants only 60 to 70 of the roughly 8,000 petitions for writ of certiorari that it receives each year—less than 1%. So how do you make your case compelling?
Courts & Judiciary From Pocket Constitution to Influential Appellate Lawyer By Kelsey Brey, Bowie, MD Kelsey Brey sits down with Tillman Breckenridge, an appellate attorney who has represented clients in every federal court of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, to discuss his appellate career and his experience with amicus brief writing.
Appellate Practice Meeting Their Needs: How to Be the Best Possible Friend of the Court, the Party you’re Supporting, and the Clients you Represent By Chris Schandevel, Ashburn, VA “What can I possibly say that’s important enough to be worth the Court’s time, but not so important that the party I’m supporting is already saying it?”
