The go-to resource for federal appellate practice. This is the third edition, with updated, expanded chapters of a one-of-a-kind federal appellate treatise. It incorporates significant rule changes and includes, by request, a new, additional chapter 15 with forms 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 11th 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 again welcome suggestions for helpful materials and additional chapters to be included in the next edition.
About the Author: Dorothy Easley is a twenty-three-year appellate specialist, board certified in appellate practice by The Florida Bar since 2003, and admitted to practice in the First through Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Out of more than 100,000 attorneys in Florida, fewer than 200 are board certified in appellate practice, and only those board certified in appellate practice by The Florida Bar can hold that title as appellate specialist. In 2009, Ms. Easley was recognized by The Florida Bar Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Board Certification for her work in appellate practice. She is a former chair of the Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section, vice chair of the Appellate Court Rules Committee, and adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. She is consistently rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell and a Florida Super Lawyer. She has been named in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in South Florida, named among the Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyers, Top Appellate Lawyer in the South Florida Legal Guide, among the Legal Elite, and recognized as one of the ALM's Women Leaders of 2014.