Last April, the Supreme Court’s unanimous combined judgment in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC & SEC v. Cochran opened federal district court doors to litigation challenging the structural constitutionality of civil administrative enforcement proceedings brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) before their own administrative law judges. This
Power Points Updated June 2023 In June 2018 I was delighted to have recorded for DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar an on-demand webinar entitled Friendly Persuasion: Drafting & Using High-Impact Amicus Briefs. The webinar is intended for (i) trade associations, professional organizations, advocacy groups, and individual corporations that are interested in providing – or that get
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On June 9, I spoke to about 25 members of the International Network of Boutique and Independent Law Firms (INBLF) at it annual Litigation Fly-In near O’Hare International Airport. Jack Henning of Dillingham & Murphy LLP (San Francisco), and Fly-In participants, grilled me for almost an hour on Strategic Use and Effective Preparation of Amicus
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I am delighted that the King County (Washington) Bar Association invited me to present to its members a 60-minute webinar on drafting effective amicus briefs and using them strategically. The webinar, presented live on March 14, 2022, was moderated by Rory Cosgrove of Carney Badley Spellman in Seattle. Rory is a former chair the bar
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On March 4, 2022, I was pleased to participate in a 90-minute continuing legal education webinar titled “Procedures, Practice Pointers, & Winning Strategies When Your Case is Headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.” The webinar, sponsored by the DuPage County (Illinois) Bar Association, emphasized written Supreme Court advocacy at the certiorari-petition stage, which is where
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On January 14, 2022 I had the privilege of presenting a live webinar for the Beverly Hills Bar Association titled Friendly Persuasion: Drafting Effective Amicus Briefs & Using Them Strategically. BHBA President-Elect, Malcolm McNeil, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, engaged me in a 60-minute conversation that covered
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On September 9, 2021 I participated in a panel discussion on Scientific Evidence In the Courtroom. The panel, part of a virtual event on sponsored by the R Street Institute, was moderated by R Street Fellow Anthony Marcum and also included former Boston Scientific General Counsel Tim Pratt. Our panel focused on the trial court
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On May 27, I moderated and participated in a lively panel discussion on Strategic Use of Amicus Briefs In Appellate Advocacy. Steve Lehotsky of Lehotsky Keller LLP and Richik Sarkar of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP joined me in the discussion, which was part of the DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee’s annual seminar. Amicus curiae briefs have
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On June 25, 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, INBLF hosted an online webinar, Litigation In a Brave (Virtual) New World. My presentation, “The Virtual Appellate Advocate,” discussed how federal appellate courts and appellate advocates were coping with the pandemic. Watch my presentation here.
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On July 19, Capital Appellate Advocacy founder Larry Ebner moderated an expert panel on how to develop, conduct, and promote a U.S. Supreme Court practice. The panel was part of the annual Appellate Advocacy Seminar sponsored by DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar. The seminar, held in Chicago, was co-chaired by Sarah Spencer of Christensen
