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Appellate Practice

Nov. 1, 2002

Appellate Game Is More Like Playing Chess Than Poker

Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Barry M. Wolf - Trial and appellate law bear roughly the same resemblance to each other as baseball and cricket. They seem related, and certain skills are similar, but each is a different game, played with different rules in a different ball park. Here are 10 tips for trial lawyers with little or no appellate experience who are handling a civil appeal in a California state court:

        Focus Column
        
        Appellate Law
        
        By Barry M. Wolf
        
        Trial and appellate law bear ...

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