Kelly Woodruff

September 16, 2021 | The Recorder

Trial courts are pressed for time, especially these days with the backlog they face due to the pandemic, and often prefer to resolve matters on the papers where they can. But if your client really needs an evidentiary hearing to prove their case, or disprove the opponent's case, and the trial court isn't playing ball, then taking care to preserve the issue correctly for appeal is essential, says California Appellate Law Group's Kelly Woodruff.

By Kelly Woodruff

5 minute read

May 22, 2020 | The Recorder

One of the most common mistakes appellate specialists see in civil appeals is the submission of inadmissible evidence in support of (or opposition to) a pretrial motion.

By Kelly Woodruff

6 minute read

August 21, 2019 | The Recorder

'Osteroid' provides several lessons to counsel whose clients settle a dispute for payments over time how to properly incentivize timely payments, and what may happen if it is done incorrectly.

By Kelly Woodruff

5 minute read

May 08, 2018 | The Recorder

Most people are aware of Equal Pay Day, which is the approximate day the average woman in the United States must work into the new year to make what the average man made the previous year.

By Kelly Woodruff

7 minute read

October 04, 2017 | The Recorder

Sometimes an appellate court follows the law and maintains appropriate deference to the Legislature and higher courts, but in doing so issues a ruling that creates extraordinary practical policy problems. The Fourth District Court of Appeal's ruling last week in 'URS Corp.', involving stays that result from appeals of disqualification orders, is such a case.

By Kelly Woodruff

7 minute read