Complex multi-week trials present the preservation problem in its most acute form. The volume of evidentiary issues is large. The pace is relentless. Unexpected developments arrive daily — witnesses who say things they were not anticipated to say, documents admitted…
The question of when to add appellate co-counsel to active litigation is not primarily a timing question — it is a recognition question. The timing follows from recognizing that appellate concerns are present in the case in a form that…
The verdict has been entered. Most of the trial team’s attention is turning toward what comes next — whether that is filing a notice of appeal, beginning settlement negotiations, or advising the client on how to respond to enforcement of…
Evidentiary rulings are among the most frequently appealed issues in Utah civil and criminal practice — and among the most frequently denied on harmless error grounds. The reason is a structural problem: most evidentiary objections at trial are made quickly,…
Jury instructions sit at the intersection of everything that matters in appellate practice: they are reviewed for legal accuracy under the most favorable standard available to appellants (de novo — no deference), they often determine how the jury evaluates the…
The preservation doctrine is one of those rules that every litigator knows in principle and many underestimate in practice. It is not enough to raise an issue — it must be raised in the right way, at the right time,…
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