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Judges are paid to read your briefs, but not paid to understand them! Judge Robert Bacharach of the 10th Circuit tells Jeff Lewis and me that poorly-crafted sentences are "poisonous to persuasion" because they "destroy the momentum of your argument." Watch the video here. Listen to the full June 2021 interview from episode 12 of...Read More >>

Judge Robert Bacharach of the 10th Circuit tells TVA appellate attorney Tim Kowal he likes the new citation parenthetical "(cleaned up)", seen in some appellate opinions and briefs (recently in a SCOTUS decision), because excessive ellipses and internal quotation marks can be distracting to the reader. But take care not to abuse it by omitting...Read More >>

I have a new short video up explaining what an appellate attorney is, and why you should bring an appellate attorney on to your litigation team.Read More >>