What’s The Point of An Appellant’s Reply Brief?

24 Monday Feb 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Appellate Judges, Appellate Law, Brief Writing, Judges, Legal Argument, Legal Writing

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Yes, Filing an Appellant’s Reply Brief Really is Necessary, by Mike Skotnicki, Briefly Writing Blog

http://brieflywriting.com/2014/02/03/yes-filing-an-appellants-reply-brief-really-is-necessary/

In both my prior practice of appellate law in a fairly large firm and now in my work as a freelance appellate attorney, I’ve been asked by lawyers I was working with whether it was really necessary to file an Appellant’s Reply Brief. My short answer is, ‘Only if you want to win.’