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Appellate Oral Arguments: Nuts and Bolts and Do’s and Don’ts


Level: Advanced
Runtime: 67 minutes
Recorded Date: August 09, 2023
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Agenda

  • Audience and Goals - Role of Appellate Court
  • Oral Arguments
  • Effective Arguments
  • Credibility
  • Preparation
  • Closing Point
  • Golden Rules
  • Appellee Argument
  • Rebuttal
  • Conclusion
Runtime: 1 hour, 7 minutes
Recorded: August 9, 2023

For NY - Difficulty Level: For experienced attorneys (nontransitional)
For NY - Difficulty Level: Experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)

Description

Whether you’ve won or lost in the trial court, winning your case on appeal requires an entirely different approach in terms of your strategy and the mechanics of presenting your case to the appellate court. Pivoting successfully from trial court to appellate litigator can make the difference between losing and winning your appeal. Peter Afrasiabi, Co-Director of the Appellate Practice Clinic at the UC Irvine School of Law and the Appellate Practice Chair at One LLP, provides sage advice on how to prepare for and present your oral argument to an appellate court to help you win your next appeal.

This program was recorded on August 9th, 2023.

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Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner
One LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One, LLP, and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at University of California, Irvine School of Law.

Peter graduated from University of California, Los Angeles and University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

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