Getting Ready to Appeal

I had the opportunity to spend two weeks in early March as appellate counsel at a hotly contested wrongful death trial. Seated next to lead trial counsel, I had a ringside seat where I could observe the jury minute by minute, while also ensuring that the errors – and there were many – were properly preserved for appeal. After nine days of trial, I had accumulated well over a hundred pages of notes, with my preferred assignments of error for appeal already identified. As we waited for the jury to…
By: Chartwell Law