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Alexander, Douglas W., and Robert B. DuBose, Brief on the Merits in the Supreme Court, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Blatt, Mara Asya, Brief Writing, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) Coleman, Gregory S. & Hon. Nathan L. Hecht, Amicus Curiae Briefs, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Cortell, Nina & Bailey, Heather D., Charge Error and Casteel, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Court (SBOT September 2002) Dubose, Kevin, Writing A Good Supreme Court Brief on the Merits, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas Supreme (SBOT 2004) Dubose, Kevin, The Hon. Sarah B. Duncan & Elizabeth A. Crabb, Brief Writing: Giving Your Audience What It Needs, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Hankinson, Hon. Deborah G., Warren W. Harris & Tracy C. Temple, Issue Drafting, Issue Spotting, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Hatchell, Mike A. & Molly H. Hatchell, "Reply! Don't Repeat": The Art of the Reply Brief, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Robertson, Cassandra Burke; Schumacher, Amy J., Sample Issues/Points Presented, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Class ActionsMcHargue, Kevin Duane, Class Actions (Plaintiff's Perspective), Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) DamagesDurst, Philip, Recent Texas Cases Involving Actual/Compensatory Damages, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Durst, Philip, Recent Texas Cases Involving Actual/Compensatory Damages, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2005) Levinger, Jeffrey S., & Brett Kutnick, Pondering Punitives: Issues Arising at Trial and on Appeal, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Levinger, Jeffrey S., and Kutnick, Brett, and presented by Cohen, Justice Murry B., and Barrick, J. Stephen, Punitive Damages, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Levinger, Jeff & Omar Kilany, Selected Topics in Appealing Actual and Punitive Damages, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Stokes, Macey Reasoner & David M. Rodi, Diverging Approaches to Excessiveness Review: Non-Economic Damage Awards in the Fifth Circuit and Texas State Appellate Courts, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2004) Wright, Thomas C., Business Damages, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) EthicsGray, Kendall M., All I Really Need to Know About Ethics I Learned in Kindergarten, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2005) Hyde, The Honorable John G., Ethics and the Lawyer/Judge Relationship, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) McClure, Hon. Ann C., Playing Well With Others: Simple Professional Courtesies, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) Steiner, Mark E., Lone Stare Decisis: Ethics and Authority in Texas Courts, Civil Appeals for Trial Lawyers (STCL Dec. 2001) Watkins, Thomas H., Ethics: Are Lawyers the Last Line of Defense for Critical Accounting, Corporate Governance and Auditing Issues Under Sarbanes-Oxley?, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) ExpertsOrsinger, Richard R., Recent Developments in the Daubert Swamp, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Federal PracticeButler, Katherine L., Fifth Circuit Update, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Cobb, Dana Livingston, The Insider’s Guide to Fifth Circuit Internal Procedures, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Cobb, Dana Livingston, Permissive Interlocutory Appeals in State Court, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT June 2002) Cohen, Hon. Murry B. & Kent Rutter, Why Courts Reverse, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Eskow, Lisa R., United States Supreme Court Update, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT June 2004) Fulbruge, Charles R. (Fritz), Fifth Circuit Clerk’s Rules and Procedures Your Should Know, But No One Ever Told You, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2005) MacKenzie, Charles Alfred, Fifth Circuit Update, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Race, Deborah J., Elizabeth L. De Rieux, Fifth Circuit Practice, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2004) Rodriguez, O. Rey, Fifth Circuit Update: Significant Civil Decisions Since May 2004, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2005) Samora, Gwendolyn Johnson, The Fifth Circuit Has Been Busy, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2004) Schenk, David, Fifth Circuit Civil Update 2004, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Interlocutory AppealsCobb, Dana Livingston, Permissive Interlocutory Appeals in State Court, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT June 2002) Gilstrap, Frank, Interlocutory Appeals, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2004) Post, Russell S., Interlocutory Appeals in the 21st Century, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Court (SBOT September 2002) Thompson, W. Richard, II, Basic Training: Interlocutory Appeals in State Court, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) Judgments and Post-Judgment MotionsBoyce, William J., Finality of Judgments, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Court (SBOT September 2002) Johnson, Anne M. & Kendyl Hanks Darby, Formation of the Judgment and Calculation of Interest, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2004) Sanders, Nissa, Preservation–Post Trial, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) Storey, JoAnn, Preservation of Error: Post Trial, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Court (SBOT September 2002) Jury ChargeCortell, Nina & Bailey, Heather D., Charge Error and Casteel, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Court (SBOT September 2002) Hogan, Jennifer B., & Richard P. Hogan, Casteel and its Impact on Broad Form Submission, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Hogan, Richard P.& Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Broad Form Submission: The Labyrinth Deepens, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2004) Keltner, David E., & Karen S. Precella, The Court's Charge: The State of Payne and the Progeny of Casteel, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Truesdale, Michael S., and Levinger, Jeffrey S., Jury Charge: Trends, Issues and Uncertainties, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Watson, Jr., Charles R. "Skip," The Supreme Court and The Broad Form Jury Charge, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) MandamusBaron, Pamela Stanton, Texas Supreme Court: Mandamus Update, Including Summary of Mandamus Activity By Subject Area September 1, 1997 - March 10, 2005, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Baron, Pamela Stanton, Texas Supreme Court Mandamus Update, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) Baron, Pamela Stanton, Texas Supreme Court: Summary of Mandamus Activity by Subject Area September 1, 1997-December 31, 2004, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2004) Timms, Cynthia Keely, Mandamus Update. The Long and Winding Road: The Trip from Walker to Prudential, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Webre, Jane M. N., Succeeding in Mandamus Review, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Motions for RehearingJefferson, Chief Justice Wallace B.(prepared by); and Wainwright, Justice Dale (presented by), Motions for Rehearing, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Jefferson, Hon. Wallace B., Motions for Rehearing on Denial of Petition, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) Kuhn, Kurt Howard, Rehearing in the Texas Supreme Court, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) RulesHobbs, Lisa E., Appellate Rules Update, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Oral ArgumentHecht, Justice Nathan L., Oral Argument in the Supreme Court of Texas, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Roach, Robert M. "Randy", Jr., Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler, & Hon. J. Woodfin Jones, Oral Argument Before the Texas Supreme Court: Goals, Preparation, and Presentation, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Roach, Jr., Robert M. "Randy," Texas Supreme Court Oral Argument: A Court - Centered Approach, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) Perfecting the AppealPhillips, Kimberly R., updated from an original paper authored and presented by Sharon E. Callaway and Michael J. Murray, Perfecting the Appeal–State and Federal, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) Preservation of Error - Pretrial and TrialPost, Russell S., Preservation of Harm: A New Approach to an Old Problem, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2005) Smith, D. Todd, Preservation of Error: Pretrial and Trial, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) ProcedureAlbright, Dean Alex Wilson, Texas Procedure Update, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2004) Baron, Pamela Stanton, William V. Dorsaneo III, & W. Wendell Hall, The 2002 Amendments to the Rules of Appellate Procedure with Commentary, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2002) Bullard, Jerry D., Samara L. Kline, Cynthia Keely Timms, and Michael S. Truesdale, The Process: Internal Operating Procedures, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) Cohen, Hon. Murry B. & Kent Rutter, Why Courts Reverse, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Gilstrap, Frank, & Chris Geiesel, 2003 Legislative Update: Selected Issues for Civil Appeals, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Harris, Warren W. & Kroger, Richard C., CD-ROM: Briefing of the Future, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Court (SBOT September 2002) McClure, Justice Ann C., Effective Advocacy from a Judge's Point of View, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Moore, Daryl, Who’s on First? Results of the Judicial Survey, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2003) Patton, Tim & Pamela Stanton Baron, Appellate Sanctions, Civil Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT Sept. 2002) Ratliff, Laurie E., Appeals Involving the Government, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Roach, Robert M. "Randy," Jr., Lessons Learned Regarding Appellate Mediation, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Rodriguez, Sandra G. & Gwen J. Samora, Appellate Issues in Mass Torts, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Samora, Gwendolyn Johnson, The Fifth Circuit
Simpson, Reagan W., and Christian Garza, Accelerated Appeals, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Simpson, Reagan W., and Garza, Christian A., Accelerated Appeals Steiner, Mark E., Legal Research Implications of the TRAP Amendments, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT June 2003) Storey, JoAnn; and DuBose, Kevin, Waiving Your Appeal Good-Bye, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Townsend, Roger D.; Simpson, Reagan W.; Cruz, R. Ted Cruz, Effective Participation as an Amicus in State and Federal Courts, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2005) Petitions for Review and ResponsesAlexander, Douglas W. & Lori Ploeger, Crafting Your Petition For Review, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) Baron, Pamela Stanton, Help! The Other Side Has Filed a Petition For Review-What Do I Do Now?, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT June 2002) Gunn, David Michael, How to Be a Petitioner in the Supreme Court, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Roach, Jr., Robert M. "Randy," & Sean Cox, Analysis of a Successful Petition for Review, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Special Appearance AppealsCassidy, Helen, Special Appearance Appeals, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Court (SBOT September 2002) Neusel, Gretchen, Appeals Involving Impaired Insurers, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Standards of ReviewBaker, Hon. James A., Harnessing the Standards of Review, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice (SBOT 2004) Baker, Honorable James A., Trends in No Evidence Review, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Busby, J. Brett, Roadmap of Texas and Federal Standards of Review, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) Callaway, Sharon, Yet Another Look at the "No Evidence" Standard of Review, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Hall, W. Wendell, When is the Evidence Really Sufficient in the Supreme Court of Texas?, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Hall, W. Wendell, Where is the Supreme Court on Sufficiency of the Evidence Review?, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) Summary JudgmentsKuhn, Kurt H., An Overview of Summary Judgment Practice in Texas State Court, Appellate Boot Camp (SBOT 2004) SupersedeasCarlson, Professor Elaine A. G., Advanced Supersedeas, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Carlson, Elaine A., Enforcing and Superseding the Judgment While on Appeal, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Carlson, Elaine A., Reshuffling the Deck: Enforcing & Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal After HB 4, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Supreme Court JurisdictionParsley, E. Lee, Conflict Jurisdiction: Past, Present, Future (paper), Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT June 2002) Parsley, E. Lee, Conflict Jurisdiction: Past, Present, Future (chart), Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT June 2002) Rodd, Ginger, What is Important to the Jurisprudence of the State?, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT June 2002) Texas Supreme Court PracticeBaker, James A. Texas Supreme Court Update and Trends, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Baron, Pamela Stanton, Texas Supreme Court Practice, Advanced Personal Injury Course (SBOT July 2002) Brister, Hon. Scott A., Hon. Priscilla R. Owen, Julie Buchanan, Osler McCarth, Casey Low & Michel Walter, Supreme Court Update, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) Gilstrap, Frank, Recent Changes in Supreme Court Jurisdiction, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) Hatchell, Mike A. Hatchell; and Hatchell, Molly H., What Issues are Being Granted by the Supreme Court, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Jefferson, Chief Justice Wallace B.; Hecht, Justice Nathan Hecht; O’Neill, Justice Harriet; Brister, Justice Scott, Moderated by the Honorable David E. Keltner, Supreme Court Review, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2005) Orsinger, Richard, Supreme Court Trends, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Orsinger, Richard R., Trends in the Supreme Court, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Owen, Justice Priscilla R.; Buchanan, Julie; Funk, Carol; and Romero, Josh, Supreme Court Update, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Scott, L. Wayne, Summaries Of The Opinions Of The Texas Supreme Court, Practice Before the Supreme Court of Texas (SBOT 2004) Wainwright, Justice J. Dale, Supreme Court Update, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Watson, Jr., Charles R. "Skip," Proof of Causation, Selected Causation Trends Before the Supreme Court, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT 2004) Weber, Andrew, & Douglas W. Alexander, Inside the Supreme Court of Texas: How Petitions For Review Are Acted On Behind the Scenes, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (SBOT September 2003) Weber, Andrew; and Einhorn, Elena, What’s New at the Texas Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, Conference on State and Federal Appeals (UT 2005) Weber, Andrew, Internal Procedures of the Supreme Court, Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court (SBOT 2005) Send mail to webmaster@tex-app.org with questions or comments about this web site.Copyright © 2007 State Bar of Texas |