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Home>DIANE SLOMOWITZ

DIANE SLOMOWITZ

Recent Articles from DIANE SLOMOWITZ

Blogs May 3, 2016

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Posner on prose: Oft-cited federal judge dispenses writing advice

Formidable 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner recently published in the winter edition of the legal journal "Green Bag" the delightfully readable first installment of a two-part article: What is Obviously Wrong With the Federal Judiciary, Yet Eminently Curable.

Blogs April 12, 2016

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: In appellate briefs, don’t forget the brief part

Appellate briefs. The bane of some lawyers, the boon of others, including me.

Blogs June 22, 2015

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: When to leave out personal information

Confidential information. We know it when we see it, but we don’t always know what to do with it, especially when it’s an integral part of our client’s case.

Blogs November 13, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Amicus briefs should be clear, on target

An amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” lives in a kind of appellate limbo.

Blogs November 4, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Ring in the New Year with new brief rule

In my most recent column’s discussion of ghostwriting, my personal recommendation was in favor of counsel’s disclosure of an attorney’s brief-drafting for unrepresented parties. That recommendation remains unchanged.

Blogs October 16, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Ghostwriting a scary, gray area

When an opposing party is pro se, I gird myself for his briefs. They’re typically long, disorganized, wandering and overwrought.

Blogs September 26, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Get over your issues

Drafting a Statement of the Issues is not my favorite part of preparing a Wisconsin Court of Appeals brief or any brief, for that matter.

Blogs July 21, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Don’t sabotage your appeal

Even when a brief technically conforms to the Court of Appeals’ briefing rules, unwary counsel still can be sandbagged by the decisional briefing rules.

Blogs July 2, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Sometimes it’s the little things that get you

I admit it. When I’m drafting a Wisconsin Court of Appeals brief, all I think about is substance.

Blogs May 13, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Know when to wield a supervisory writ

Every legal specialty has its outliers -- those remedies or procedures that, because they are rarely available or appropriate, tend to shrink from the mind.

Blogs March 25, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Don’t forget about a judgment while you appeal it

Your client just got socked with a big money judgment.

Blogs February 7, 2014

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEFS WRITER: Notices of appeal: The finality saga continues

This column’s main mantra for appeals is to appeal from any decision, order or judgment which could reasonably be construed as “appealable.”

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