Appellate Practice for Trial Lawyers: Litigating at Trial with an Eye Toward Winning on Appeal - VGJ
February 2019
Appellate Practice for Trial Lawyers:
Litigating at Trial with an Eye Toward Winning on Appeal
Co-sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association Litigation and Solo & Small Firm Sections
Highlights Include:
- Spotting the Issues that Matter to Appellate Judges
- Critical Moments in Preserving Your Issues in the Trial Court
- Interlocutory Appeals
- Dealing with an Adverse Judgment in the Trial Court
- Meeting Jurisdictional Deadlines and Requirements for Perfecting Your Appeal
- Perfecting Your Appeal
Attend if you want to:
- Litigate your next trial with an eye to winning on appeal
- Polish your skills and enhance your appellate practice knowledge
- Have a better understanding of the rules of preservation and appellate standards of review to avoid losing an appeal before it is even filed.
Program Description:
Trial Lawyers — attend this program and be ready to litigate your next case with an eye toward protecting your victory (or reversing an adverse judgment) on appeal. Don’t miss this opportunity to polish your skills, and to enhance and check your knowledge of the ins and outs of appeals.
Your highly experienced appellate practitioner will explore with you Issue identification and Standards of Review, Critical Moments in Preserving Your Appellate Issues in the Trial Court, Interlocutory Appeals, Dealing with an Adverse Judgment, and Perfecting Your Appeal. Strategic considerations, persuasive techniques, errors to avoid, and best practices at the trial level for winning on appeal level are included in the discussion.
Better represent your clients and take advantage of this time efficient, half- day program. Register Now!
Program Agenda:
Thursday, February 21, 2019
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome, Introductions, and Program Overview
Kyle Brenton, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office | District of Colorado (Presenter of all sessions)
9:10 – 9:45 a.m.
How Appellate Judges Think
- Nature and Limitations of the Appellate Process
- Issue Identification
- Standards of Review
9:45 – 10:20 a.m.
Critical Moments in Preserving Your Issues for Appeal
- Basic Principles of Preservation
- The Critical Moments and How to Seize Them
10:20 – 10:35 a.m.
Networking Break
10:35 – 11:10 a.m.
Interlocutory Appeals
- The Final Judgment Rule
- Interlocutory Appeals as of Right
- Discretionary Interlocutory Appeals
11:10 – 11:45 a.m.
Dealing with a Judgment
- Staying an Adverse Judgment
- Supersedeas Bonds
- Post-Judgment Motions
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Perfecting Your Appeal
- Notice of Appeal Timing and Content
- Record Preparation
12:30 pm
Adjourn
Location Information
Law Office of Baird B Brown PC
1250 E Sherwood Dr
Grand Junction, CO
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1250 E Sherwood Dr
Grand Junction, CO
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $309.00 |
| CBA Member | $269.00 |
| CBA Litigation Section Member | $209.00 |
| CBA Solo/Small Firm Section | $209.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $134.50 |
| CLEACCESSPASS--ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 4.00
- Ethics Credits:
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- Current Colorado Appeals Court Statistics
- How to Write Winning Briefs and Deliver Effective Oral Arguments
- Appellate Ethics Tips and Traps
- Standards of Review Nuances
- The Ins and Outs of the Courts Where You File and Argue Your Appeals
- Perspectives of State and Federal Appeals Court Judges and Justices