Mar 14/Cleveland + Web - Exploring the Quirks of Appellate Jurisdiction

Andrew Pollis

An overview of the jurisdiction of federal and Ohio appellate courts, with an eye toward helping practitioners wade through the patchwork of jurisdictional rules and exceptions and to understand the differences between the federal and Ohio systems.
The presentation will be designed to help both those seeking to invoke appellate jurisdiction and those seeking to evade it.
Title:
Exploring the Quirks of Appellate Jurisdiction
Date/Time/Place:
March 14, 2012
8:00-8:30 a.m. – Registration and continental breakfast preceding each program.
8:30-9:30 a.m. – Lecture
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Ave., 2nd floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Also Available As Webcast
Preregister at http://law.cwru.edu/Lectures/LectureRegistration.aspx?lec_id=288
Credit:1 of CLE credit available.
Speaker:
Andrew S. Pollis is an Assistant Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he teaches in the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic. He has also taught Appellate Practice and Basic Mediation. Andrew graduated cum laude in 1990 from Harvard Law School and then practiced for 18 years with the Cleveland-based law firm of Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP before joining the Case faculty in 2008.
Andrew has argued numerous cases in appellate courts throughout the country and is included in the Best Lawyers in America for his work as an appellate lawyer. In 2008 Andrew became one of the first 11 attorneys to be certified as a specialist in appellate law by the Ohio State Bar Association. He also has extensive trial experience, amassing verdicts totaling over $560 million since 2003.
Andrew is co-author (along with Judge Mark P. Painter) of the last three editions (and forthcoming 2011-12 edition) of Ohio Appellate Practice (Thomson/West Baldwin’s Ohio Handbook series). His article, The Need for Non-Discretionary Interlocutory Appellate Review in Multidistrict Litigation, was published in Fordham Law Review in March 2011.
Andrew has also served in leadership positions of the American, Ohio State, and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations. Since 2010 he has served as counsel to the Appellate Rules Subcommittee of the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Sponsor:
Case Downtown Lecture Series
Cost:
Free and open to the public.
Supplemental Readings:

• Bibliography
• Ohio Appellate Practice

Related Programs:
Case Downtown Lectures will take place on the following dates:
Fall 2011: September 14, October 26, November 16, December 14, Spring 2012: January 11, February 8, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13 
More:
http://law.cwru.edu/Lectures.aspx?lec_id=288