The only book-length treatment of its kind, this text is a comprehensive and reliable guide to the preparation and presentation of oral arguments before the Supreme Court and other appellate courts.
The author describes in detail the various ways to master the case record and key court decisions and organize your case. Also provided are timesaving checklists and model arguments. He shows you how to anticipate the types of questions commonly asked at oral argument and how to use moot court sessions to hone your presentation.
Topics covered include approaches to openings, transitions from difficult questions to affirmative points, hypothetical questions, closing the argument, maximizing rebuttal time and special techniques of successful appellate attorneys.
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David C. Frederick is a partner in a Washington, D.C., law firm and former law clerk to Justice Byron R. White.
"... the best book that has ever been written to aid an advocate preparing for oral argument..." -- Richard Lazarus, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Georgetown University Law Center Supreme Court Institute
"Absolutely superb.... masterful job of making this book historically interesting yet providing the nuts and bolts that practitioners need." -- William K. Suter, Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States
"Every appellate advocate needs to read this book.... It will definitely improve your presentation and effectiveness." -- Dennis Owens, The Appellate Practice Journal
"[A]n indispensable aid for anyone litigating a case in any appellate court." -- Peter Rubin, Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University
"[T]horough.... goes further and brings in things that none of the other appellate advice books contain." -- Jacob Stein, Legal Times
It's hard to imagine an advocate's argument not improving after reading this book. -- Wisconsin Law Journal, May 7, 2003
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