Thomas Murphy Presents at SCCBA Appellate Section Seminar

The Santa Clara County Bar Association’s Appellate Courts Section presented the seminar, “Appellate Practice:  Nuts and Bolts of Appellate Law.”  Berliner Cohen senior attorney Tom Murphy, SCCBA Appellate Courts Section’s executive committee member, participated as a speaker along with Justices Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian and Nathan Mihara and a number of other attorney appellate practitioners.

The seminar, intended for civil practitioners, covered fundamentals of appellate practice, including appealability issues, perfecting an appeal, record preparation, stays pending appeal and writs of supersedeas, briefing and other matters.  Mr. Murphy’s presentation focused on stays pending appeal and writs of supersedeas.

Mr. Murphy has over twenty-two years of experience in representing a variety of clients from individuals to large, publicly-traded corporations in appellate and extraordinary writ proceedings in state and federal courts, and in litigation involving commercial, intellectual property and real estate matters.

Mr. Murphy is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law by the State Bar of California’s Board of Legal Specialization.

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