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Appeals 101

Service by and On Pro Se Litigants

February 1, 2013

The Florida state appellate courts handle thousands of pro se appeals annually.  How do the new e-service rules affect service by and on litigants who are not represented by an attorney? Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516(c) [.pdf] has an answer to that question, and it’s pretty straight forward. If the pro se litigant chooses [...]

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Judges and iPads

March 28, 2012

I had oral argument in the Second DCA this morning, and when our case was called, opposing counsel had stepped out of the room for a moment (to be fair, the court decided to skip the break between sessions, which he did not expect). As I was standing at the podium (with my iPad, of [...]

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iPad and Oral Advocacy

November 17, 2011

Ready To Argue. Originally uploaded by Dineen. This week I had oral argument before Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona, and I decided to travel light. In the past when preparing for oral argument, I would, in the course of following my own advice, put together a notebook (or two!) with marked-up copies [...]

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