Complex Commercial Cases Pose Unique Challenges When Presented on Appeal
Join a panel of appellate judges and experienced appellate lawyers as they walk you through the process of appealing a case to a higher court. They’ll also identify potential minefields that you may encounter and provide guidance for side-stepping an explosion.
The View from the Well of the Court — Experienced Litigators and Corporate Counsel Help You Get Started:
- Differing perspectives: trial lawyer vs. appellate lawyer
- Preservation of issues, early involvement of appellate viewpoint
- Preparing the record
- Briefing a commercial case on appeal
Special Feature: Judges from Pennsylvania’s Appellate Courts Share Their Preferences, Procedures, Pet Peeves
Best practices tips for appealing to one of the higher courts:
- Commonwealth Court
- Superior Court
- Supreme Court
The View from the Pa Appellate Courts
- Workload of the Court & how this impacts complex commercial cases
- The time between acceptance and final decision
- Commercial vs. criminal vs. personal injury vs. domestic vs. estates and other cases
- How to most effectively present a commercial appeal
- Specialization among jurists – criminal/ personal injury/domestic/ estates/ commercial
- Pennsylvania’s place in business law—the Bench’s versus practitioners’ perspectives
The Agenda
Welcome & Introduction
Identifying and Preserving Issues, Pre-Trial, At Trial, Post-Trial
Motion Practice, Interlocutory Appeals, and Tips on Briefs
Judicial Discretion in Interlocutory Appeals; Certification from Federal to State Court; and Tips on the Record
Oral Argument – Post Argument/Post Decision Practice
All attendees will receive the course book as a digital download. A printed copy of the course book is available, at a discount to attendees, for $40. Additional copies are available at full price. If you wish to purchase the printed version of the course book, please call PBI Customer Service at 800-932-4637. Printed versions of the course book will not be distributed at the course; please allow up to two weeks after the program for the printed versions of the course book to be shipped.
Recorded in June 2021.