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Civil Litigation,
Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary,
Appellate Practice

Jul. 3, 2018

Riding the waive

Do you, Exceptional Lawyer, have the confidence to know when to waive oral argument?

Benjamin G. Shatz

Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Appellate Law (Certified), Litigation

Email: bshatz@manatt.com

Benjamin is a certified specialist in appellate law who co-chairs the Appellate Practice Group at Manatt in the firm's Los Angeles office. Exceptionally Appealing appears the first Tuesday of the month.

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Riding the waive
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EXCEPTIONALLY APPEALING

The Exceptional Lawyer quests on safari through the jungles of California's statutes and rules governing appellate practice for the elusive "unless," "except," "but not," and similar quarry that nourishes his raison d'etre. But the Exceptional Lawyer cannot live by statutory quirks and quicksands alone. Other exceptional species are equally deserving of exploration outside the traditional taxonomized collections. A prim...

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