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Lamb McErlane PC is pleased to invite you to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s (PBI) program ‘Complex Commercial Cases Pose Unique Challenges When Presented on Appeal’ via Webcast on Thursday, June 10, 2021, 1:30-4:45pm.
Join Lamb McErlane PC partner Jim Sargent, along with a panel of appellate judges and experienced appellate lawyers – Supreme Court Justice David N. Wecht, Commonwealth Court President Judge P. Kevin Brobson, and Superior Court Judge Carolyn H. Nichols, with fellow course planners Robert L Byer of Duane Morris and Kim M. Watterson of Reed Smith.
The panel will walk you through the process of appealing a case to a higher court, as well as:
The View from the Well of the Court — Experienced Litigators and Corporate Counsel Help You Get Started:
· Differing perspectives: trial lawyer vs. appellate lawyer
· Preservation of issues, early involvement of appellate viewpoint
· Preparing the record
· Briefing a commercial case on appeal
Best practices tips for appealing to one of the higher courts:
· Commonwealth Court
· Superior Court
· Supreme Court
The View from the PA Appellate Courts:
· Workload of the Court & how this impacts complex commercial cases
· The time between acceptance and final decision
· Commercial vs. criminal vs. personal injury vs. domestic vs. estates and other cases
· How to most effectively present a commercial appeal
· Specialization among jurists – criminal/ personal injury/domestic/ estates/ commercial
· Pennsylvania’s place in business law—the Bench’s versus practitioners’ perspectives
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