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A unique guide for everyone who is interested in the truly practical side of practice in the Florida appellate courts.
Designed to demystify the appellate process, this new looseleaf provides an unprecedented insight into the way that Florida's appellate courts processes and decides cases. A compilation of information pulling together
the policies and practices of Florida's Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal on such matters as:
- The respective roles of the clerks of the court, the Chief Justice and Chief Judges, and other court members in considering procedural and substantive motions that are filed in the appellate courts
- The availability and location of after-hours filing facilities
- The process for panel selection in the district courts
- The internal procedures for conferencing and voting on appeals
- When oral argument panels of district courts are made known to counsel
- Oral argument check-in procedures
- The preparation and use of oral argument summaries by research clerks
- The physical features of the appellate courtroom, including descriptions of the podium,
counsel tables, and time keeping mechanisms
- When opinions are released to the public and to counsel
- The routing and voting process for rehearing en banc motions
- The availability to counsel of audio and video tapes of oral argument
- The internal process fro recusals
Arthur J. England Jr.
Arthur England is a former Justice and Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. Presently, he serves as the head of the Apellate Group of
Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel. He is a member, and was the first president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and is certified in Appellate Law by The Florida Bar. Dr. Amy D. Ronner
Dr. Amy D. Ronner is a Professor of Law at St. Thomas University School of Law, where she developed and now runs the in-house appellate litigation clinic. She serves on
the Supreme Court's Appellate Court Rules Committee, and is certified in Appellate Law by The Florida Bar. |
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