A lot of mistakes can be fixed, but those depriving an appellate court of jurisdiction are not usually among them. Unless the appellate court deems the appeal to raise issues
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No Appellate Judicial Primaries in 2020; Our Voter-Information Guide Is Ready
It continues to amaze me how difficult it is for the public to access basic information about the upcoming elections for open seats on the Supreme Court of North Carolina
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Welcome, Michelle Connell, Family-Law & Appellate Specialist!
Michelle Connell is one of the few lawyers in North Carolina who is Board-certified in both family law and appellate practice. And as of last week, she’s now part
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North Carolina’s Very Own Appellate Practice Treatise is Now Available!
Beth and Matt’s treatise, North Carolina Appellate Practice and Procedure, is finally available! Published by LexisNexis in both print and online versions, the treatise represents the culmination of
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Taking Care of Business (Part I): Rule 3.1 No-Merit Briefs Warrant (At Least Some Form of) Appellate Review
On Friday, the Supreme Court displayed how busy it has been this summer by releasing 17 authored opinions. Justice Per Curiam (who is fond of affirming/reversing “for the reasons
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A Tale of Two Courts: Settling In After a Season of Change
Students of history will remember a bygone era known as late 2018, when Mark Martin was Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, the median judge on the shrinking
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Can an Appellate Judge’s Vote Count After Death or Retirement?
Suppose an appellate judge casts the deciding vote in a case, creating a majority in support of the lead opinion. Before the opinion is released, however, the judge retires or
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The Court of Appeals Might Not Shrink After All
After two years of uncertainty about the future of the Court of Appeals, there appears to have been a breakthrough. Yesterday, a bill was introduced by Republicans in the North
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Court of Appeals Takes Baby Steps Toward Paperless Future
Look around your office. There’s paper everywhere, right? Your office is a fire hazard.
How can you fix that problem? You should take two steps: (1) throw all that stuff
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Appellate Social & CLE–Sept. 27 and 28
It’s fall, and you know what that means. Football! Oops, I mean, The Annual NCBA Appellate Section CLE!
There are lots of ways to get plugged in to the appellate
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