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90 Days Between Judgment and Appeal

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Course Summary

Many cases are won or lost during the crucial 90 days between the verdict or tentative decision and an appeal. Well respected and time-tested appellate experts will discuss California and federal post trial practice. Main topics include: statements of decision/findings of fact, new trial motions, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict/judgment as a matter of law, stays of execution, and appealability.

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Click above to purchase the audio recording of our "90 Days Between Judgment and Appeal" seminar, recorded live in 2007.

$295 plus CA tax and $7.50 shipping.

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Topics to be covered in this seminar include:

Why, when, and how to request a statement of decision.
The importance of polling jurors and how to draft juror declarations.
How a judgment is drafted and entered.
The many uses and tricky timing of new trial motions.
When to make other post trial motions – and when not to.
How to stop collection while you appeal or think about it.
The first steps in commencing an appeal.

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CLE Specialization Credit

Pincus Professional Education certifies that this seminar has been approved for 3.0 hours of Appellate Specialization Certification credit in California.

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MCLE Credit

Pincus Professional Education certifies this seminar has been approved for MCLE credit in the amount of 3.0 credit hours in California.

Upon request, we will assist attorneys in asking for CLE credit in other states.

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Instructors

Faculty:

Wendy C. Lascher, Esq.
Certified Appellate Specialist
Lascher & Lascher
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Wendy C. Lascher, Esq. is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, California Board of Legal Specialization. She has handled more than 300 state and federal appeals and has argued in the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 7th and 9th Circuits, the California Supreme Court, and the California Courts of Appeal. She is a board member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a past president of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and a former chair of both the State Bar's Appellate Courts Committee and the Board of Legal Specialization's Appellate Law Advisory Committee.

Ms. Lascher graduated from Stanford University in 1970 and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1973. Among her landmark cases are In re Marriage of Pendleton and Fireman (2000) 24 Cal.4th 39, the first California case to hold spouses may waive spousal support in a properly drafted prenuptial agreement, Morehart v. County of Santa Barbara (1994) 7 Cal.4th 725; clarifying appealability of judgments on separately tried issues, and Sanchez v. Hillerich Bradsby (2002) 104 Cal.App.4th 703, holding that although the game of baseball includes an inherent risk a player may be hit by a batted ball, where a bat increases the risk above that inherent level, a player does not as a matter of law assume the risk of being hit by a batted ball. Ms. Lascher teaches appellate law at the Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law. She is a past president of the Ventura County Bar Association, and has been editor of its magazine, CITATIONS, for several years.

Benjamin G. Shatz
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
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Mr. Shatz is certified as an appellate law specialist by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and is a member of the Appellate Practice Group in the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. He has briefed hundreds of civil appeals, writs and petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, California Supreme Court and California Courts of Appeal, covering a variety of practice areas. Mr. Shatz frequently contributes appellate law articles to periodicals including CEB’s Civil Litigation Reporter, Los Angeles Lawyer, California Lawyer, and the Daily Journal. He is the Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Appellate Courts Committee and the Vice Chair of the California State Bar's Committee on Appellate Courts. He has been named by Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine as one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” in the field of Appellate Law, 2004-2010.

Mr. Shatz also served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Johnston, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Nevada and as Extern to the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Shatz graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law, and was an Associate Editor of the Pepperdine Law Review and an Assistant Editor of the California Supreme Court Survey.

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What attendees have said about this seminar:

"Very focused, succinct and practical."

"Very good. Speakers were very good, eloquent, and obviously knowledgeable."

"Great seminar!"

"Class was very complete and well organized."

"Very helpful responses to questions."

"Written materials were well prepared and organized."

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