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BNA Books' New Federal Appellate Practice: A Practical Analysis of Every Step of the Federal Appellate Process

NEWS RELEASE

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Matt Greene
(703) 341-5767

Arlington, Va. (November 5, 2008) – From preserving and protecting a record in the trial court, through all stages of briefing and arguing appeals, to preliminary considerations relating to possible Supreme Court review, Federal Appellate Practice guides practitioners through each nuance of the appellate process. This important new treatise has just been published by BNA Books, a division of BNA.

Composed of chapters written by two dozen prominent national practitioners in Mayer Brown's Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group, recognized as one of the most experienced appellate practices in the country, the treatise provides expert commentary on how to handle each step of the legal process in a single authoritative resource on federal appellate matters.  Federal Appellate Practice explains the legal system's pitfalls, techniques, and opportunities with a depth of understanding that is impossible to understand just reading the federal rules – this is a body of practical, working knowledge drawn from decades of experience, successes, and failures.

Organized topically to reflect the various successive stages in handling an appeal, Federal Appellate Practice discusses the necessary steps in the district court to preserve issues for appeal; the problems of appealability; the mechanics of preparing the record and appendix; motion practice before the courts of appeals; the availability of extraordinary writs; the strategies for opening, responsive, and reply briefs; the role and structure of amicus curiae briefs; preparing and delivering oral arguments; seeking or opposing costs and attorneys’ fees; seeking rehearing; and considering Supreme Court review. Federal Appellate Practice also covers special issues involving review of administrative agency decisions, criminal appeals, and practice before the Federal Circuit.

Editor-in-Chief Philip Allen Lacovara is Senior Counsel in Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY and previously served as a law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Chair of the Court’s Committee on Practice and Procedure. He served as Assistant to the Solicitor General (Thurgood Marshall), as Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, and as Counsel to the Watergate Special Prosecutor. He has been lead counsel in briefing hundreds of cases in federal and state appellate courts. In addition to the “Nixon Tapes” case, he has argued 16 other cases in the Supreme Court plus cases in most of the federal circuits and in a number of state appellate courts. 

The table of contents of Federal Appellate Practice and a list of the contributing authors may be found at bnabooks.com. BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to Federal Appellate Practice, BNA Books has published Supreme Court Practice; Electronic Discovery Practice Under the Federal Rules; Evaluating the Electronic Discovery Capabilities of Outside Law Firms: A Model Request for Information and Analysis; Directory of State and Federal Courts, Judges, and Clerks; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to books@bna.com. The BNA Books Web site, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.

Federal Appellate Practice may be purchased (2008/998 pp. Hardcover/Order #1669-FAP/$325.00, plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. A 10 percent discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the Web site. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.    

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