Appellate Practice,
Law Practice
Jun. 7, 2021
Tenacity
One day, back when I was a budding law professor, my phone rang. “Hi. I’m Don Jelinek. I just arrived in the Bay Area from the South, where I represented civil rights workers. A Georgia lawyer told me to look you up when I got here.”





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.
I recently watched "Just Mercy," a movie about lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who represented death row inmates in Alabama. A tenacious guy, fighting relentlessly for hapless clients in hopeless cases. It reminded me of another tenacious lawyer I knew.
One day, back when I was a budding law professor, my phone rang. "Hi. I'm Don Jelinek. I just arrived in the Bay Area from the South, where I represented civil righ...
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