Appellate Law

Don’t be afraid to go for the win, even if the outcome seems harsh. In Nowacki v Gilead, an elderly man was given remdesivir to treat COVID-19. Two of the doses came from lots of ...

Always argue in the alternative. At a recent Bench-Bar panel in Grand Rapids, state and federal judges reminded the lawyers not to take a “kitchen sink” approach to brief writing. To paraphrase one of the ...

Frame your issues carefully, or you may end up arguing the wrong case. That is what happened in Michigan Open Carry v Michigan House of Representatives and Senate. Gun rights advocates attended multiple House and ...