How To File an Appeal: Useful Checklist for Filing Civil Appeals in the Second Circuit

I have attached a checklist for practitioners who must file appeals with the Second Circuit. The Local Rules have changed, and with the changes wrought by electronic filing, it's a whole new world. I will participate in a CLE program today at 5:30 p.m. starring Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe, Clerk of the Second Circuit sponsored by the Federal Bar Association and the Second Circuit Judicial Council, you can find the program here.   If I come across any new surprises tonight, I will post them.

Practitioner's Checklist for Filing Civil Appeals in the Second Circuit


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Free CLE on Filings at the Second Circuit and New Local Rules - June 8 Register Today

The Federal Bar Association – SDNY Chapter and the

Second Circuit Judicial Council

Present

Brave New World: Filing Appeals in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Date: June 8, 2010
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Place: United States Courthouse 500 Pearl Street, Room 850 New York, NY 10007-1312
Faculty: Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe, Clerk of Court for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
John G. McCarthy, Esq., Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Raymond J. Dowd, Esq., Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP

NYS CLE Credits: Earns 1.5 credits in Professional Practice

Join our discussion to learn the nuts and bolts of prosecuting an appeal in the digital age. Learn how scheduling, motions and argument are handled by the Clerk's office.

Both the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Local Rules have recently changed. What are the new traps to avoid, and how does a practitioner keep in the Clerk's good graces? What are the most common mistakes? What resources are available? This program is appropriate for beginners prosecuting their first appeal as well as experienced practitioners who may not be familiar with new practices.

Space is limited. Register now at:

http://ww2.ca2.uscourts.gov/cle/login.aspx

Reception to follow

Co-Sponsors: Dist. of Connecticut and EDNY Chapters of the Federal Bar Association

The Federal Bar Association

The Federal Bar Association (FBA) is dedicated to the advancement of the science of jurisprudence and to promoting the welfare, interests, education, and professional development of all attorneys involved in federal law. Our members run the gamut of federal practice: attorneys practicing in small to large legal firms, in corporations and federal agencies, on Capitol Hill and members of the judiciary.

As the professional organization for private and government lawyers and judges involved in federal practice, the FBA has offered an unmatched array of leadership opportunities and services for more than 80 years. Whether its working with an oversight agency on new regulations that could impact federal practice or acting as an advocate on a particular initiative — the FBA advances effective practice before the federal bench and federal agencies.

SDNY Chapter of the FBA
John G. McCarthy, President
Simeon H. Baum, President-Elect Philip R. Schatz, Vice President Gareth de Santiago-Keene, Secretary William F. Dahill, Treasurer H. Raymond Fasano, National Delegate Roland M. Gell, Delegate, Network of Bar Leaders

District of Connecticut Chapter – Chris Drury, President
EDNY Chapter – Gary Brown, President

Vice Presidents for the Second Circuit
Raymond J. Dowd
Amy Nussbaum Gell

Ray Dowd as Local Counsel in the Second Circuit, Southern District of New York and New State Courts

RAYMOND J. DOWD is a partner in Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP, a New York firm founded in 1921.  He is part of Dunnington's corporate, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration and art law practice groups. He has broad corporate counsel and commercial litigation experience as first chair in federal and state trial and appellate courts.


Corporate counseling includes corporate and transactional work for entrepreneurial companies including international licensing. Trademark counseling includes registration, policing and enforcing rights. Counseling art owners and dealers includes transactional representation, UCC filings, tracking and recovering stolen art, handling disputes involving title, provenance, authenticity and theft.

Dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration includes corporate and partnership disputes, contract disputes, copyright, trademark, domain name , licensing, and rights of publicity, conducting bench and jury trials, arbitration, administrative proceedings, emergency applications for injunctive relief, quashing subpoenas, obtaining, enforcing, and collecting judgments.

Trust and estates matters include resolving business succession issues, handling contested probate proceedings through trial, and disputes involving heirship and decedents' estates.

International practice includes licensing deals in Latin America and Russia, litigations in Canada, France and Switzerland, pursuing discovery through letters rogatory, obtaining service of process in foreign countries, obtaining and challenging foreign expert and foreign legal opinions including cross-examination at trial.

Mr. Dowd is a Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Institute at New York County Lawyers' Association together with the Hon. Stephen G. Crane.

AFFILIATIONS: Federal Bar Association - Vice President for the Second Circuit (2008-present), Editorial Board, The Federal Lawyer Magazine, President of Southern District of New York Chapter (2006-2008); Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; New York State Bar Association - Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Intellectual Property Law Section; New York County Lawyers' Association - Board of Directors (2003 - 2006).

PUBLICATIONS: Copyright Litigation Handbook (West 4th Ed. 2009) ; Copyright Litigation Blog.

EDUCATION: Manhattan College (B.A. cum laude International Studies 1986); Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1991), Articles Editor, Fordham International Law Journal.

LANGUAGES: French and Italian. Experienced litigating controversies involving German-language documents.