The Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association teamed up last week to present a stellar appellate CLE in Richmond.
The day started out with a panel of the chief jurists from Virginia’s appellate courts–Chief Justice Kinser of the SCV, Chief Judge Traxler of the Fourth Circuit, and Chief Judge Felton from the CAV–and
The most critical part of getting ready for oral argument is anticipating the questions that you will get from the bench and preparing to answer them effectively.
To do that, as soon as I start working on an appeal I create a list of “tough questions,” which I continue to update through the date of
I’m fresh from the VTLA’s annual meeting at the Greenbrier, in all its seizure-inducing, Technicolor grandeur.
The event is always terrific and this year’s slate of speakers did not disappoint. Appellate topics included a panel discussion on petitions for rehearing and Justice Millette’s observations from his time on both the trial and appellate bench.
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