Appellate Practice
Aug. 16, 2021
What do you think?
What do lawyers think about? Easy: what to advise a client, how to draft a document, which witnesses to put on, etc. But there's a thread that binds these thinking activities together: They all involve thinking about what someone else will think.
Myron Moskovitz
Legal Director
Moskovitz Appellate Team
90 Crocker Ave
Piedmont , CA 94611-3823
Phone: (510) 384-0354
Email: myronmoskovitz@gmail.com
UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
What do lawyers actually do for a living?
Well, we advise clients, draft documents, argue appeals, and the like -- right? A part of our body burns up energy when we do those things. Not our arms, like a baseball pitcher or a farmer. We use our brains to do pretty much everything that a lawyer is called upon to do. We think for a living.
"Very profound, Mo...
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