LexisNexis Practice Guide: Alabama Appellate Practice

LexisNexis Practice Guide: Alabama Appellate Practice is a practice-oriented resource that assists trial attorneys in handling every stage of the appeal process from preserving issues for appeal in an Alabama trial court to filing an application for rehearing in the Supreme Court of Alabama. It provides detailed step-by-step coverage of the appellate process, including:
•Taking and perfecting the appeal
•Obtaining appellate review by mandamus
•Positioning an appeal with appellate motions
•Staying the judgment during the appeal
•Preparing a winning appellate brief

New in this edition are explanations of preserving error for jury instructions, verdict forms, and inconsistent verdicts. This edition contains new discussions of obtaining mandamus review of a trial courts failure to enter a case management order and improper remand to a state agency. In addition, there is a new explanation of what constitutes "good cause" for filing a mandamus petition more than 42 days after the entry of the disputed order. And, of course, this edition contains updates throughout

Trial litigators will get practical information about appellate practice in the various Alabama appellate courts from Ed Haden, a proven Alabama appellate attorney with 20 years of legal experience. LexisNexis Practice Guide: Alabama Appellate Practice gives trial attorneys critical information on when and how to file civil, criminal, and administrative appeals. In addition to winning strategies, checklists, legal analysis, and practical guidance, LexisNexis Practice Guide: Alabama Appellate Practice includes citations and discussion of key cases, rules, and procedures necessary to place the merits of a case before an Alabama appellate court. New for this edition are explanations of preserving error for jury instructions, verdict forms, and inconsistent verdicts. This edition contains new discussions of obtaining mandamus review of a trial courts failure to enter a case management order and improper remand to a state agency. In addition, there is a new explanation of what constitutes "good cause" for filing a mandamus petition more than 42 days after the entry of the disputed order.