Appellate Practice
May 5, 2004
Oral Argument Earns High Place at Summary Judgment
Focus Column - Litigation - By Paul D. Fogel and Benjamin G. Shatz - A motion for summary judgment is probably the most important pretrial proceeding in any lawsuit. When granted, the motion ends the litigation; when denied, it signals a trial may be in the offing. Small wonder, then, that summary judgment procedure is of paramount interest to litigators, who need to ensure the judge who considers their arguments will not only read them but also hear them.
Paul D. Fogel
Judge (retired) Reed Smith LLP
Appellate Law
101 2nd St Ste 1800
San Francisco , CA 94105
Phone: (415) 659-5929
Fax: (415) 391-8269
Email: pfogel@reedsmith.com
UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA
Paul D. Fogel is a partner in Reed Smith LLP's Appellate Group, and served as the group's leader from 2012 to 2015
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.
A motion for summary judgment is probably the most important pretrial proceeding in any lawsuit. When granted, the motion ends the litigation; when denied, it signals a trial may be in the offing. Small wonder, then, that summary judgment procedure is of paramount interest to litigators, who need to ensure the judge who considers their arguments will not only read them but also hear them. This is undoubtedly why the issue of the right to oral argument on a summary judgment motion has been ...
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