Appellate Practice
Aug. 28, 2009
Don't Blow Your Cover
Benjamin G. Shatz discusses best practices for a great cover up - appellate brief covers, that is.
Benjamin G. Shatz
Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Appellate Law (Certified), Litigation
Email: bshatz@manatt.com
Benjamin is a certified specialist in appellate law who co-chairs the Appellate Practice Group at Manatt in the firm's Los Angeles office. Exceptionally Appealing appears the first Tuesday of the month.
First impressions are lasting. That holds true as much for written material as personal introductions. The expression "don't judge a book by its cover" exists precisely because readers are apt to do exactly that. Accordingly, given that the first thing readers of an appellate brief see is its cover, care should be taken to comply with the relevant rules and avoid silly mistakes that may get things off on the wrong foot. Is there more to an appellate brief cover than making sure it's the ri...
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