Legal News and Appellate Tips

Each week, TVA appellate attorney Tim Kowal reviews several recent decisions out of the appellate courts in California, and elsewhere, and reports about the ones that might help you get an edge in your cases and appeals.

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Tag: Appellate Practice
Can't the Trial Attorney Just Handle the Appeal?
November 4, 2020
By Timothy Kowal, Esq.

I have a new short video up explaining what an appellate attorney is, and why you should bring an appellate attorney on to your litigation team.

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Appellate Reversal Rate Up, Time to Process Appeals Up, Per Cal. Court Stats Report Some interesting information about California appellate courts from the 2020 Court Statistics Report:
October 16, 2020
By Timothy Kowal, Esq.

-- The rate of reversal in 2019 was up to 18% in civil cases, from 16% in 2018. -- About 4% of appeals are dismissed. (This should make you think […]

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Updates from the Fourth Appellate District
October 12, 2020
By Timothy Kowal, Esq.

At the OCBA's Appellate Section event last week, the Presiding Justices from each of the three divisions of the Fourth Appellate District provided some inside baseball on their respective divisions: […]

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