Appeals can be complicated. Ethical issues surrounding appellate practice can be too. This panel will discuss the most important ethical issues faced by attorneys who handle appeals.

This program discusses 14 of the most common trial mistakes that can result in waiver, forfeiture, or other loss of arguments on appeal, such as failing to move to strike inadmissible evidence, forgetting to secure all relevant transcripts, and using an improper verdict form. The program provides background on each potential mistake and analysis of how best to avoid them in trial practice. This guidance on how to ensure the best chance at appeal is relevant to the practice of nearly any trial or appellate lawyer. The presenters are appellate practitioners with significant experience in appellate practice and the identification of trial waivers/forfeitures.

Statements of decision play increasingly important role in litigation, and can make or break an appeal. Learn about the common mistakes frequently made both by trial courts and lawyers in the statement of decision process, and how that process impacts a subsequent appeal. The speakers will explain how to avoid common mistakes and how to handle the statement of decision process like a pro.

A tutorial on the differences between trial work and arbitration, including the differences, best practices for arbitration, as well as an overview of key AAA & JAMS arbitration rules.

Attorney’s fees issues can drive the resolution of a dispute. Fee issues can provide a mediator with leverage, can assist in or torpedo the resolution of a dispute, and can surprise attorneys and clients, even becoming a source of attorney malpractice. This webinar will review issues every mediator, arbitrator and attorney should know, including the most common bases for contractual, statutory, and common law attorney’s fee entitlement.