Appellate writing is a distilled product. Because everything in the brief (the preliminary statement, what is included in the record and how the record is organized, the framing of the issue, the ...

Much of the art of crafting effective appellate briefs is lost due to how infrequently attorneys prepare them. The quality of the appellate brief, not the oral argument, is most often a critical ...

When we received Mr. Skilling's 239-page appellate brief this morning, we raised our eyebrows at its length. Coming in at roughly 60,000 words, we wondered whether the court placed limitations on the ...