Appellate Practice
Jul. 7, 2020
Normal is not
From its inception this column has drawn inspiration from the Oliver Wendell Holmes quote, “The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions.”
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.
From its inception this column has drawn inspiration from the Oliver Wendell Holmes quote, "The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions." (Immediate digression: This quote itself is exceptional. Although often wrongly attributed to the famous jurist, OWH Junior, it actually comes from the 1871 valedictory address delivered to the graduating class of the Bellevue Hospital College by his fa...
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