Civil Writs 2010 Optimizing Your Chances for Success Recorded in Los Angeles, May 11, 2010 (includes Handout) (3 hours MCLE credit, including 0.5 hours "Legal Ethics") Free to RUTTERPASS Holders or get instant delivery for only $120 Because you viewed this program on RutterOnline, you are entitled to a special price on California Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs. Please call (800) 747-3161, ext. 2 for more information. Focus Writ petitions are frequently filed but infrequently granted. In most cases, writ review by the Court of Appeal is discretionary, and even a meritorious petition may be denied. To prevail, you need to know which types of writ petitions have the best chance of success, what you must do to optimize your chances of success, and when you must file or lose any opportunity for appellate court review. This program focuses on the various writs available, and the strict procedural requirements for drafting, filing and serving the petition. Our panel of appellate experts will also give you invaluable pointers on which petitions to file and which are unlikely to succeed. You will get practical advice from both sides of the bench. Highlights • What Trial Lawyers Need to Know About the Writ Review Process • "Writability": Whether Writ Review is Available • What Kind of Writ? • Likelihood (or Improbability) of Success • Deadlines (Statutory and Unwritten) • Assembling an Adequate Record - Including Sealing Issues • Coping With Urgency • Drafting an Effective Writ Petition • Writ as the Exclusive Avenue for Appellate Court Review? • Ruling on the Petition • Alternative Writs, Peremptory Writs, Writs of Supersedeas, Palma Notice and Brown Winfield Procedures • Stay Requests • Frivolous Writ Petitions and Ethical Issues Panelists Justice William F. Rylaarsdam, Moderator -- -- Calif. Court of Appeal, 4th Dist. Joan Wolff -- Private Practice, San Francisco Kendall Caudry -- Senior Judicial Attorney, Calif. Court of Appeal, 2nd Dist.