Successful Federal Appeals in All Circuit Courts: A Practical Guide for Busy Lawyers:

by Dorothy Easley

Overview

Now in its fifth edition, this treatise is the go-to resource for federal appellate practice. This fifth edition contains updated, expanded chapters compiled in a one- of-a-kind federal appellate treatise. It incorporates significant appellate rule changes and includes, by request, a new, additional updated chapter 15 that compares and contrasts Florida versus federal appeals. Plus, the treatise contains a chapter 16 with form links posted by each circuit court of appeals. This appellate treatise uniquely draws on decades of a board certified appellate expert's actual experience and expertise, to help attorneys find the right rules and the pertinent law that they need for effective appellate briefing in all federal circuit courts of appeals. From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit through the Eleventh Circuit, this book helps.
This is an invaluable treatise for attorneys. This resource is written by an eminently qualified twenty-plus-year board certified appellate specialist to help busy attorneys work through the complex maze of federal appeals and the appellate rules and decisions. Everything matters in a federal appeal, from timing of certain forms and events to content to font. This treatise is organized to make that process easier. It describes, in chronological order, the steps necessary to timely advance and defend the appeal for each federal circuit court of appeals, to handle appeals in the First Circuit to the Eleventh Circuit, from start to finish. It also addresses issues concerning jurisdiction, finality and appealability of various orders, final appeals and extraordinary writs, how to compile and supplement the record on appeal and the appendixes, motion practice, hearing and rehearing en banc, effective appellate briefs and strategies for response and reply briefs, attorney fees, preservation of error in the lower court, and standards of appellate review. A treatise of this kind is never "finished." As before, we welcome suggestions for helpful materials and additional chapters to be included in the next edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823197755
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	02/14/2023
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dorothy Easley is an appellate specialist, board certified in appellate practice by The Florida Bar since 2003 through 2023, with more than two decades of experience. Out of some 100,000 attorneys in Florida today, fewer than 200 attorneys are board certified in appellate practice, and only those in Florida who have passed the rigorous appellate certification examination and confidential appellate Judge scrutiny can hold themselves out as board certified experts or specialists in appellate practice by The Florida Bar and hold the select title of certified appellate specialist or appellate expert.
She is a former adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, former chair of the Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section, and former vice chair of the Appellate Court Rules Committee. She was appointed by The Florida Bar and served for years on the Appellate Certification Committee, which reviews all Florida Bar certification and recertification applicants and writes the rigorous examinations for experienced attorneys seeking appellate certification in Florida. Ms. Easley is licensed in Florida and admitted to practice in the Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits.
As a practicing appellate specialist, Ms. Easley is rated in confidential surveys by both appellate judges and practitioners as holding an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethics by Martindale-Hubbell, whose ratings cover both legal skills and attorney ethics. She has been recognized by Best Lawyers and US News since 2020, by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Top One Percent since 2016, Rue Ratings Best Attorneys of America since 2015, as well as her law firm among Best Law Firms of America since 2016, Top Attorneys in Florida since 2009, The Wall Street Journal, among Florida’s top Super Lawyers since 2006, Florida Legal Elite, and has received The Florida Bar 2009 Excellence in the Promotion of Board Certification Award. She has handled roughly 500 appellate proceedings, state and federal, has served as an expert consultant for other attorneys, and has been admitted to practice in all circuit courts of appeals.