January 2023 Bar Bulletin
By Catherine W. Smith
My practice now is largely strategizing in civil corporate and tort cases on (or heading for) appeal, drafting and editing briefs and substantive motions, and preparing for and presenting oral argument to a panel deciding an appeal. Back in the day, though, I handled a LOT of family law appeals, especially after our firm successfully defended the state Supreme Court’s decision in the U.S. Supreme Court in Troxel v. Granville.1
My partner Valerie Villacin does a wonderful job as lead counsel on most of our family law cases now. And we have the luxury, in many instances, of...