Howard J Bashman

December 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

On April 26, 2016, Pennsylvania voters are scheduled to head to the polls to cast ballots in Pennsylvania's next primary election. The ballot will also ask voters to approve or disapprove a constitutional amendment that would increase Pennsylvania's judicial retirement age from 70 to 75. This vote is the final step in determining whether the judicial retirement age increase will take effect.

By Howard J. Bashman

5 minute read

December 07, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

On April 26, 2016, Pennsylvania voters are scheduled to head to the polls to cast ballots in Pennsylvania's next primary election. The ballot will also ask voters to approve or disapprove a constitutional amendment that would increase Pennsylvania's judicial retirement age from 70 to 75. This vote is the final step in determining whether the judicial retirement age increase will take effect.

By Howard J. Bashman

5 minute read

November 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

They are reform-minded. They are energetic. They are (relatively) younger. They are the three newly elected Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices, who are set to join the court in January 2016, returning that court to full strength for the first time in seemingly forever.

By Howard J. Bashman

7 minute read

November 09, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

They are reform-minded. They are energetic. They are (relatively) younger. They are the three newly elected Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices, who are set to join the court in January 2016, returning that court to full strength for the first time in seemingly forever.

By Howard J. Bashman

7 minute read

October 13, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Say what you will about judicial elections in Pennsylvania and the embarrassing results they sometimes produce, but the commonwealth's current method for direct voter selection of appellate judges does not appear likely to change any time soon. And, in less than one month from now, Pennsylvania voters are set to elect three new justices to serve on the seven-justice Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, along with new judges to serve on both of Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate courts.

By Howard J. Bashman

6 minute read

September 08, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In written and oral advocacy, there are perhaps as many different styles and voices as there are attorneys engaged in the practice of trial and appellate litigation. Although finding the style and voice that work best for you is of course an individualized decision, in my more than 25 years of work in the appellate arena I have seen enough different styles and voices to have some pretty strong ideas about what approaches work better than others.

By Howard J. Bashman

7 minute read

September 07, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In written and oral advocacy, there are perhaps as many different styles and voices as there are attorneys engaged in the practice of trial and appellate litigation. Although finding the style and voice that work best for you is of course an individualized decision, in my more than 25 years of work in the appellate arena I have seen enough different styles and voices to have some pretty strong ideas about what approaches work better than others.

By Howard J. Bashman

7 minute read

August 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Over five years ago, the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit began posting selected oral argument videos online on YouTube. More recently, the Ninth Circuit has begun to live-stream and provide on-demand video access to all current oral arguments via YouTube. The Ninth Circuit has numerous courtroom locations throughout the western United States, and successfully implementing live and archived online oral argument video cannot have been an easy task.

By Howard J. Bashman

6 minute read

August 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Over five years ago, the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit began posting selected oral argument videos online on YouTube. More recently, the Ninth Circuit has begun to live-stream and provide on-demand video access to all current oral arguments via YouTube. The Ninth Circuit has numerous courtroom locations throughout the western United States, and successfully implementing live and archived online oral argument video cannot have been an easy task.

By Howard J. Bashman

6 minute read

July 14, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's record at the U.S. Supreme Court during the high court's recently concluded 2014-15 term appears to have been an unmitigated disaster from the most commonly used viewpoint.

By Howard J. Bashman

7 minute read