Publications

Using AI to Elevate Legal-Writing Advocacy
Using AI to Elevate Legal-Writing Advocacy - 2026
Strategic Use of CCP § 998
The OCTLA Gavel Magazine - Strategic Use of CCP § 998 - 2025
Demonstrating Pretext: A Caselaw Toolbox - 2025
Preparing to Be Prepared: Avoiding Rookie Mistakes at Oral Argument - 2024
Busting Through Writer's Block: The Solutions for Focusing & Starting to Write Are as Varied as the Distractions and Reasons We Do Not - 2024
Now what? Unusual conundrums during pendency of an appeal
Now What? Unusual Conundrums During the Pendency of an Appeal - 2023
Overcoming Common Defenses to Plaintiffs' Recovery of 998 Costs
Overcoming Common Defenses to Plaintiffs' Recovery of 998 Costs - 2022
Valuing your appeal
Valuing Your Appeal - 2021
Unique inequity of privette
The Unique Inequity of 'Privette' and Its Progeny in Wrongful-Death Cases - 2021
An Appellate Perspective on Verdict Forms - 2021
Demystifying California Civil Writs
Demystifying California Civil Writs - 2020
Filing an Appeal: The Basics
Filing an Appeal: The Basics - 2020
California Appellate Practice in the Evolving Digital Age
California Appellate Practice in the Evolving Digital Age - 2020
Inferences Explained: Using and Rebutting Inferences - 2019
DIY Appeals: Circumventing Common Procedural Snags
DIY Appeals: Circumventing Common Procedural Snags - 2018
Establishing the Record - 2017
A Practical Guide to Monetary Appellate Sanctions
A Practical Guide to Monetary Appellate Sanctions - 2017
Ethical Considerations on Appeal
Ethical Considerations on Appeal - 2016
Toeing the Line: Considerations for Drafting Admissible Juror Declarations of Misconduct
Toeing the Line: Considerations for Drafting Admissible Juror Declarations of Misconduct - 2015