Georgia Appellate Practice Handbook - Alston & Bird LLP

§ 13.3.2 Court of Appeals Rule 15 ................................................................ 214
§ 13.4 Unavailability of Other Provisions ................................................................ 215
CHAPTER FOURTEEN:
TIPS ON EFFECTIVE ORAL ARGUMENT
§ 14.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 217
§ 14.2 Oral Argument Matters, Especially for My Court—But It Doesn’t
Matter that Much ............................................................................................ 218
§ 14.3 Your Argument Starts, and Often Ends, with Your Brief ............................... 218
§ 14.4 Oral Argument Is for the Judges, Not the Lawyers (or Your Clients)............ 219
§ 14.5 It Is an Appellate Argument to Judges, Not a Trial Argument to
a Jury .............................................................................................................. 219
§ 14.6 Answer the Questions .................................................................................... 220
§ 14.7 Know How Your Case Fits into the Law as a Whole and How the Result
You Seek Will Affect the Next Case .............................................................. 220
§ 14.8 Know the Standards of Review and How They Affect Your Arguments—
and Make Sure the Case and the Issues Are Properly Before the Appellate
Court .............................................................................................................. 221
§ 14.9 Always Be Accurate and Forthcoming About the Facts and the Law
and Be Prepared to Discuss Them in Detail .................................................. 221
§ 14.10 It’s Worth Repeating One More Time: Be Accurate and Forthcoming ........ 222
§ 14.11 Moot Your Case at Least Once .................................................................... 222
§ 14.12 During Oral Argument, Use the ELMO Device .......................................... 222
§ 14.13 Be Professional ............................................................................................ 223
§ 14.14 Spread the Word ........................................................................................... 223
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