Appellate Practice
Apr. 15, 2016
California appellate practice: by the numbers
For those wishing to understand the California appellate courts and appellate practice, what follows is a one, two, three and beyond, of some key numbers that govern civil appellate practice in California.
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.
"I was told there would be no math; that's why I went into law" is the trite refrain of many lawyers with liberal arts backgrounds. But, of course, law practice does require math: e.g., calculating damages by percentage of fault; calculating 10 percent interest per annum on most money judgments; and simple counting for calendaring and other quotidian tasks. There's simply no escaping numbers. As our MBA brethren like to say, "if you can't quantify it, you don't really understand it." So fo...
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