In a recent Texas Lawyer article, Appellate Practice Group Chair, Ed Guedes, discusses the status of civil appellate fillings amid COVID-19 in Florida.
In Texas, civil appellate filings fell by 18% between February and June. According to Ed Guedes, things look different in Florida. “There’s plenty of appellate work that is happening. That said, at the end of the day, the true heart if you will of appellate advocacy tends to focus on the jury trial,” Ed noted. “We haven’t heard when those might be coming along. I think it would be naive to think it would happen any time in the next six months.”
Read the full article, here.
