Appellate Law

Happy New Year (and Second Birthday Texas Appellate Law Blog)!

By D. Todd Smith

Two years ago today, I launched this blog—the first of its kind in Texas— to engage folks who are interested in or involved with civil appellate issues.  As was the case last New Year's Day, publishing content and interacting with readers remains very fulfilling, and the blog continues to open doors for my practice.  I hope it remains a useful tool for its audience.

I wish everyone reading this post a blessed, safe, and productive 2009.  As I reflect on the past year and consider my goals for the next, here are some of my favorite posts from 2008:

• Third Court Taking Courtesy E-Copies
• Fairfield Raises More Questions Than It Answers
• Third Court Oral Argument Call-Out
• U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates Custom Standards of Judicial Review Under FAA
• How Should Contingent-Fee Agreements Address an Appeal?
• Forthcoming Appellate Rule Changes
• Should In-House Counsel Stick with Big Firms on Appeal?
• FDLS Appeal(s) Will Come to Austin
• Why I Love Oral Argument
• Newsflash:  Appellate Judges Read Blogs
• Two Years and Counting
• 20 Questions About Texas Appellate Practice (with links to related posts—regrettably, still a work in progress)
• Supreme Court Rolling Out New Digitization Projects
• Blawg Review #174
• Revised TRAP Amendments Effective Today
• SBOT Appellate Section Re-Launches Web Site
• What Is the Deadline for "Ungranting" a New Trial?
• On Reluctance to Engage Appellate Counsel (the original and Part 2)
• Oral Argument Rituals
• Texas Appellate-Court Election Results
• Extensions of Time in the Third Court
• Follow the Texas Supreme Court Via RSS
• Flying Solo in Appellate Law
• Texas Lawyers to Follow on Twitter

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on January 01, 2009 (boomark / email).