Sentences with phrase «appellate law clerk»

Matt is a former federal appellate law clerk, and an adjunct law professor at Case Western Reserve University.

He previously served as an appellate law clerk to the Honorable Elspeth B. Cypher, Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

In addition, the Robinson + Cole Appellate Group includes several supporting lawyers, including many recent appellate law clerks.

Not exact matches

Long before she embarked upon the journey that is now the Corporation for Social Security Claiming Strategies, Cheryl was an avid researcher and writer as Managing Editor of the Law Review and clerk in the appellate screening division of the Rhode Island Supreme Court where she had several successes.....

Woodland and Fremont argued that the change, done without consulting the districts, did not follow state law, something both the Cook County circuit clerk and now the appellate court agreed with.

Although this study found no significant correlation between readability and outcome, that could reflect lower caseloads and greater law clerk support for appellate judges in comparison to trial judges.

Apart from the advent of computer - assisted legal research, this article remains a useful description of the expectations appellate judges have for their clerks and some of the values of a clerkship experience to the new law graduate.

Clerks bring research, analytical, and writing skills to the table; judges bring their vast experience and understanding of trial and appellate procedure, standard of review, and how the law is applied.

As a former law clerk of both a trial judge and an appellate judge, Brennan spent countless hours in the courtroom, which have given him a unique understanding of both trial practice and the appellate process.

Nicole also counsels clients on appellate matters utilizing her previous experience as lead law clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Williams during his tenure as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

He practiced law for 27 years as an appellate judicial law clerk, assistant prosecuting attorney, and as an attorney in boutique, midsize, and large law firms.

While in law school, Mr. Barton clerked for the California Department of Justice, Criminal Appeals Division, and submitted appellate briefs to the California Courts of Appeal in eleven cases seeking to uphold convictions.

Law clerk will (1) have direct client contact beginning with some initial interviews; (2) share responsibility for creating complete client files; (3) draft pleadings, memoranda, and appellate briefs; (4) attend hearings as an observer; and (5) perform other duties as assigned.

At Scarinci Hollenbeck, our veteran appellate practitioners, some who were law clerks to Appellate Judges and N.J. Supreme Court Justices, have gained an intimate knowledge of the appellate process that trial lawyers, who may only occasionally be involved in an appeal, do not possess.

Before joining Houser, he clerked for an appellate Massachusetts judge and then worked for several years at an international law firm in Boston, Massachusetts and Irvine, California as a litigation associate.

He has a stellar résumé that includes stints as law clerk to a federal appellate judge, lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, top Justice Department civil rights lawyer under President Clinton and general counsel of The Coca - Cola Co..

Our lawyers have clerked for federal district and appellate court judges, run in - house legal departments, and have led other law firms and departments of major national firms.

She began her legal career as a law clerk for two appellate judges (one state, one federal) and then worked for a small D.C. law firm with a national practice before moving to Spokane, Washington to work as a federal public defender.

For example, Kenneth Chestek found that judges, law clerks, and practicing lawyers rated sample briefs with strong narrative components as more persuasive than sample briefs without strong narrative components.13 Sean Flammer found that judges rated sample briefs as more persuasive when they were written in plain language rather than in legalese.14 Similarly, Robert Benson and Joan Kessler found that appellate judges and their law clerks preferred briefs written in plain language rather than in legalese.15 Finally, Joseph Kimble and Steve Harrington found that judges and attorneys preferred plain language over legalese.16 These studies, however, measure only the judges» and lawyers» stated preferences for particular styles of writing.

During law school he clerked for a complex plaintiffs» firm, helped write briefs for the United States Supreme Court and other appellate courts at Public Justice, a consumer advocacy group, and externed for the Honorable Marsha S. Berzon of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

In California, a law school graduate who had yet to be licensed tried to sue for overtime, but a state appellate court ruled in 2011 that the plaintiff was not eligible for work he did as a law firm clerk.

Prior to joining JMBM, Matthew worked for five years as an appellate attorney in the Environment & Natural Resources Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented federal agencies in the federal courts of appeals; for four years as an attorney at Paul Hastings, where he advised and represented corporate clients in environmental and real estate matters; for two years as a law clerk to the Honorable Consuelo M. Callahan on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and for two years as a supervising attorney and lecturer at the Stanford Law School Environmental Law Clinic, where he taught students the practice of law and represented grass - roots and national organizations in environmental litigation and policy mattelaw clerk to the Honorable Consuelo M. Callahan on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and for two years as a supervising attorney and lecturer at the Stanford Law School Environmental Law Clinic, where he taught students the practice of law and represented grass - roots and national organizations in environmental litigation and policy matteLaw School Environmental Law Clinic, where he taught students the practice of law and represented grass - roots and national organizations in environmental litigation and policy matteLaw Clinic, where he taught students the practice of law and represented grass - roots and national organizations in environmental litigation and policy mattelaw and represented grass - roots and national organizations in environmental litigation and policy matters.

Law clerks have the opportunity to engage in discussion with judges about cases they are hearing, developments in the law, aspects of the trial or appellate process, and the judicial process in generLaw clerks have the opportunity to engage in discussion with judges about cases they are hearing, developments in the law, aspects of the trial or appellate process, and the judicial process in generlaw, aspects of the trial or appellate process, and the judicial process in general.

After law school, I clerked for on the 9th Circuit, which solidified my love of the appellate process.

And it's very easy to think of appellate work as similar to what you do in law school and clerking.

I came to the position with experience as a law clerk to a federal appellate judge, thirteen years of practice (including service as a special counsel appointed to prosecute the impeachment of Nebraska's Attorney General), and then five years as a United States Magistrate Judge.

All associates in the group have spent at least a year as law clerks for an appellate judge, with over half previously clerking for a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

While the Massachusetts state appellate courts still have not implemented electronic filing, the SJC posts briefs online, the First Circuit has electronic filing, and some judges and justices (or their law clerks) may be reading your brief on an iPad or other similar electronic device.

LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT A. LOEB, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Law Clerk, 2007 - 2008 • Researched and prepared an appellate briLAW OFFICES OF ROBERT A. LOEB, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Law Clerk, 2007 - 2008 • Researched and prepared an appellate briLaw Clerk, 2007 - 2008 • Researched and prepared an appellate brief.

Law Offices of Robert A. Loeb (Chicago, IL) 2007 — 2008 Law Clerk • Worked diligently on numerous legal documents, including researching and drafting an appellate brief as well as preparing expungement petitions • Reviewed interrogation videos for a Motion to Suppress Confession on a murder case