Appellate Practice
Jul. 6, 2016
Appellate court judicial research staff attorney
California appellate staff attorneys are not mere mechanics: Like the judges they serve, they want to find the just result, and so lawyers who show them the justice of their cause and the injustice of ruling against them are more likely to win.
Myron Moskovitz
Legal Director
Moskovitz Appellate Team
90 Crocker Ave
Piedmont , CA 94611-3823
Phone: (510) 384-0354
Email: myronmoskovitz@gmail.com
UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
MOSKOVITZ ON APPEALS
In a recent column, I noted that I'd received an objection to my use of the term "law clerks" to describe the career professional attorneys who work for appellate judges. So I announced that I would accept the objector's proposal that I call them "research attorneys."
This caused quite a stir. I received negative reactions from several of her colleagues working at various ...
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