Law Practice,
Appellate Practice
Jul. 9, 2018
What a judge wants
Tips for effective writing and strong oral advocacy
Joshua C. Williams
Associate
Nemecek & Cole
Email: jwilliams@nemecek-cole.com
Joshua specializes in professional liability defense.
Writing is like a brick: You can use it to build a house or sink a dead body. You can win a case, or you can cost your client and sully your reputation. Indeed, bad writing is painful. It's verbose, irritating, and useless. Even worse, it makes an otherwise favorable reader detest you. This is not a wise strategy when your reader is the judge deciding your client's fate. Your writing should focus on one person and one person only: the judge.
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