Appellate Pitfalls and Pointers for the General Practitioner

With appellate practice becoming more and more technical and specialized, general practitioners and others who venture only rarely into the appellate forum may face more difficulties than in the past in complying with the appellate rules. Members of the McNees Appellate Practice Group will be presenting the basic mechanics of taking an appeal, including the Notice of Appeal, Docketing Statement, Statement of Matters Complained of on Appeal, and designation of the Reproduced Record. It also offers both mechanical and substantive hints for producing an appellate brief that is persuasive and in compliance with applicable rules. There will be a brief discussion of processes after the initial appeal, including applications for reargument and petitions for allowance of appeal (allocatur).

Finally, there will be a short presentation on recent changes in the appellate rules that are creating a family law fast track through the appellate process. This program functions well as a lunch-and-learn type seminar. It is offered free of charge and is available to county bar associations and other similar groups.

This program is eligible for CLE approval for 1.0 hour of substantive credit. For more information on this seminar, please contact Kandice J. Giurintano at .