Issues on Appeal

My guests are Jamie Moses of MMPO Defense , and Dineen Wasylik of DPW Legal in Tampa. Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). Please support our sponsor: Court Surety Bond Agency . CSBA is the nation's leading surety agency specializing in super...

My guests are Kristin Norse of the Kynes Markman & Felman law firm in Tampa; Nick Shannin of the Shannin Law Firm in Orlando; and Jared Krukar , a staff attorney at the Second District Court of Appeal . Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com )...

My guest is Chris Donovan of Donovan Appellate Law in Estero, Florida. Chris can be reached by email at cdonovan@flappeals.com , or by phone at (239) 291-7575. Chris mentioned LegalFuel , the Florida Bar's Practice Resource Center. Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com...

My guest is Arturo Ayala the Vice-President of Court Surety Bond Agency . Arturo and I discuss a recent article from CSBA, entitled: The Biggest Mistakes Made with Appeal Bonds . Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). Please support our sponsor...

My guest is Appellate Specialist Sarah Lahlou-Amine , Director of the Law Firm Pro Bono Project at the Pro Bono Institute in Washington, D.C. Sarah discusses the evolution of the Section, including its pro bono efforts with the Defending Best Interests program, the Self-Represented Litigant Handbook, diversity & inclusion efforts, the Fellows Program, and the impact of social media and post-CO...

This week's guests are appellate specialists Jamie Moses of the Holland & Knight law firm in Orlando, and Chris Donovan of Donovan Appellate Law . We discuss Administrative Order 24-1 of the Sixth District Court of Appeal . Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( d...

This week's guest is Matthew Conigliaro from the Tampa office of Carlton Fields . Appellate Specialist Matt Conigliaro discusses the middle years of the Section, including the Section's finances, the growth of CLE as a source of Section income, the increase in judicial involvement, and the founding of ECAPI. The episode was created as part of the Section's Oral History Project to celebrate its 30t...

My guest is Hala Sandridge of the Buchanan law firm in Tampa. Hala Sandridge discusses the growing years of the Appellate Practice Section, including the retreats, the focus on appellate practice as a specialty, and the John R. Hamilton Pro Bono Award. The episode was created as part of the Section's Oral History Project to celebrate its 30th anniversary. For more information, check out the Appell...

My guest is Tom Hall of the Bishop & Mills law firm in Tallahassee. Tom Hall discusses the early years of the Section with an emphasis on the Pro Se Handbook and the Appellate Practice Workshop. The episode was created as part of the Section's Oral History Project to celebrate its 30th anniversary. For more information, check out the Appellate Practice Section's history page . Your host is Dua...

My guest is appellate specialist and law professor Anthony ("Tony") Musto from the St. Thomas University School of Law . Tony shares stories regarding the formation of the Section and its earliest days. Interestingly, much of what the Section is today dates back to the very begining. The episode was created as part of the Section's Oral History Project to celebrate its 30th anniversary. For more i...

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My guest is Tom Hall of the Bishop & Mills law firm in Tallahassee. Bonner v. City of Prichard , 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th Cir.1981) (en banc) was the opinion adopting as binding precedent all decisions of the former Fifth Circuit handed down prior to October 1, 1981 in the new Elevent Circuit. History and creation of the Fifth DCA. Opinion creating the new Sixth DCA. Sixth DCA official websit...

This week's guest is Dineen Wasylik of the DPW Legal law firm in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Dineen is the founder of the Florida Appellate Procedure Blog . The Florida Supreme Court, on its own motion, amended Rules 1.530 and 12.530 to require, effective immediately , that “To preserve for appeal a challenge to the sufficiency of a trial court’s findings in the final judgment, a party must raise that...

My guests are the outgoing 2021-22 officers of the Florida Bar's Appellate Practice Section . Thanks to Kim Jones, Judge Carrie Ann Wozniak, Kansas Gooden, Courtney Brewer, and Chris Donovan. This is a LIVE recording following the first in-person Exective Council Meeting in over two years---from the 2022 Florida Bar Convention. Audio quality is alwasy difficult for a live show in an uncontrolled e...

My guest is Appellate Specialist Nick Shannin from the Orlando-based Shannin Law Firm . Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). Please support our sponsor: Court Surety Bond Agency . CSBA is the nation's leading surety agency specializing in sup...

This week's guest is Matthew Conigliaro from the Tampa office of Carlton Fields . **Note that long after this episode was published, the Florida legislature re-numbered the districts so that comments made during this episode are not reflective of the current redistricting map. The 6th and 13th judicial circuits are now remaining in the Second DCA. Second DCA Space and Location Needs Study DCA Work...

My guest is Jared Krukar , a board certified appellate specialist in Tampa, Florida. Jared works as a career staff attorney for the Second District Court of Appeal. The administrative orders discussed, and current as of the original publication of this episode, can be found here: First DCA Second DCA Third DCA Fourth DCA Fifth DCA Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in t...

No guest this week -- just me. I make my (final?) pitch for using two spaces after the period in legal writing. And, I make a pitch for a slight variation on the practice. Give me 10 minutes to make my case. My claim to fame as the voice of the Two Space Nation in the Wall Street Journa l (but you must have a subscription to read). My grammar and podcast hero is Mignon Fogarty, the Grammar Girl ....

My guest is Chris Donovan of the Roetzel & Andress law firm in Naples. Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). Please support our sponsor: Court Surety Bond Agency . CSBA is the nation's leading surety agency specializing in supersedeas bond...

This week's guests are: Dineen Wasylik of the DPW Legal law firm in Wesley Chapel, Florida. and Alexis Fields of the Kopelowitz Ostrow law firm in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). Read about Board Certification by...

My guest is Central Staff Attorney Austin Roe of the Second District Court of Appeal in Tampa, Florida. The court's Internal Operating Procedures can be found here . Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). Please support our sponsor: Court Suret...

My guest is Chris Donovan of the Roetzel & Andress law firm in Naples. Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). Please support our sponsor: Court Surety Bond Agency . CSBA is the nation's leading surety agency specializing in supersedeas bond...

This week's guest is Jamie Moses , a board certified appellate lawyer at the Holland & Knight law firm in Orlando. Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). Please support our sponsor: Court Surety Bond Agency . CSBA is the nation's leading su...

My guest is appellate specialist Jack Reiter of the Gray Robinson law firm in Miami. Your host is Duane Daiker , a board certified appellate lawyer in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP . You can reach him at: [ ddaiker@shumaker.com ]( ddaiker@shumaker.com ). After my discussion with Jack, stick around for a brief reflection on the last 50 episodes and the future of the show. O...

My guest is Jack Metzler , an appellate lawyer with the FTC in Washington, D.C. Jack is @SCOTUSPlaces on #AppellateTwitter. Jack's victory lap moment: The "mic drop" tweet Jack's article in The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process: Cleaning Up Quotations Justice Thomas' opinion: Brownback v. King As mentioned in the after-show: U.S. Supreme Court Style Guide on Amazon. Your host is Duane Daik...