Law Practice,
Appellate Practice
Aug. 24, 2020
How hot is that writ? Considerations for requesting a stay
I worked for more than 38 years as a writ attorney in the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, so believe me when I tell you that pretrial civil appellate writ practice is esoteric. And nothing about writ practice is more esoteric than the protocols of “hot” writs. Two kinds of writ petitions may be deemed “hot.”





Sharon Baumgold
Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP
Email: Sharon.Baumgold@calapplaw.com
Sharon spent nearly four decades as a lead writ attorney in the 2nd District of the California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles. Find out more about Sharon and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com.

I worked for more than 38 years as a writ attorney in the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, so believe me when I tell you that pretrial civil appellate writ practice is esoteric. And nothing about writ practice is more esoteric than the protocols of "hot" writs. Two kinds of writ petitions may be deemed "hot."
The first is a petition for writ of mandate or prohibition (an interlocutory appellate chall...
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