Making an Appellate Record, 12/17/2025, On Demand More info »
Making an Appellate Record
Total Credits: 3 CLE, 3 Criminal Law Specialization
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- Categories:
- Appellate Practice & Advocacy | Trial Practice
- Faculty:
- Honorable Randall H Warner | Randall M Howe | David D Weinzweig | Amy D Sells | Justice Kathryn Hackett King | Alice M Jones | Justin Michael Ackerman
- Format:
- Audio and Video
Description
What is involved in making a good appellate record? If you are a trial attorney—civil or criminal—you cannot afford to miss this seminar. Experienced faculty will cover the important issues to consider in making an appellate record necessary to vindicate your clients’ rights on appeal.
Topics will include:
- Identifying what constitutes the record on appeal
- Deciding if, when, and how to preserve an issue for appeal by making oral or written objections to a perceived error or an offer of proof for evidence denied admission, or requesting curative instructions
- Demonstrating prejudice from perceived trial court errors
- Determining when objections must be renewed to preserve an issue for appeal
- Determining whether an issue can be raised on appeal or must be raised immediately by special action
- Addressing the trial judge’s role in preserving an issue for appeal
- Addressing on appeal the failure to preserve an issue for appeal
Chair:
Hon. Randall M. Howe, Arizona Court of Appeals - Division One
Faculty:
Hon. Kathryn Hackett King, Supreme Court of Arizona
Hon. Randall H. Warner, Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona
Hon. David D. Weinzweig, Arizona Court of Appeals
Justin M. Ackerman, Jones Skelton & Hochuli PLC
Alice M. Jones, Office of the Attorney General
Amy D. Sells, Tiffany & Bosco PA
Handouts
| Manual- Making an Appellate Record 2025.pdf (10.1 MB) | 135 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Honorable Randall H Warner Related Seminars and Products
Maricopa County Superior Court
Maricopa County Superior Court
JUDGE RANDALL H. WARNER was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Arizona in August 2007. He
has served on civil, criminal, family, and juvenile court assignments. Judge Warner was the Civil
Presiding Judge in Maricopa County from June 2015 through June 2018, and presided over a Civil
Complex Calendar for four years. Before joining the bench, Judge Warner had an appellate and
commercial litigation practice. At the start of his career, he clerked for Arizona Supreme Court Justice
Thomas A. Zlaket. Judge Warner teaches and writes frequently on the law-fact distinction, civil practice
issues, effective advocacy, and case management.
Randall M Howe Related Seminars and Products
Arizona Court of Appeals - Division One
was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals on May 2012. Before his appointment, he served for nineteen years with the Arizona Attorney General's Office and three years with the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona. The State Bar awarded him the Distinguished Public Lawyer Award in 2007 and the Michael C. Cudahy Criminal Justice Award in 2013. Judge Howe graduated from Arizona State University College of Business, Summa Cum Laude, in 1985 and Arizona State University College of Law, Cum Laude, in 1988. In 2002, he received the Young Alumnus Award from the Arizona State University Alumni Association. Judge Howe has also been involved in the disability community. He has served as Chair of the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities, President of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Center for Disability Law, and Chair of the Board of Directors of Arizona Bridge to Independent Living. He is currently on the Board of Directors of United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona and Daring Adventures.
David D Weinzweig Related Seminars and Products
sits on the Arizona Court of Appeals. Born and educated in Arizona, Judge Weinzweig worked for over two decades in private and public practice before joining the court in December 2017. He serves on the Commission of Judicial Performance Review and the City of Phoenix Judicial Selection Advisory Committee. Judge Weinzweig has authored and co-authored full chapters in treatises on antitrust law, consumer protection and in-house legal departments. His first book, Zen in the Art of Legal Writing, is expected in early 2024.
Amy D Sells Related Seminars and Products
Shareholder
Tiffany & Bosco PA
is a shareholder at Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. where she leads the firm's appellate practice section. She handles federal and state appeals concerning a range of issues, including commercial law, bankruptcy, real estate, and family law. In addition to appeals, Amy specializes in preparing and arguing major and dispositive motions. She is the current Chair of the State Bar Appellate Practice Section's Executive Council and is consistently recognized by Phoenix Magazine as a Top Lawyer in appellate law.
Justice Kathryn Hackett King Related Seminars and Products
Supreme Court of Arizona
was appointed to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court in July 2021 and in 2024 was retained by the voters for a six-year term. Prior to her appointment, she served as a Partner at BurnsBarton, PLC, where she practiced primarily in the area of labor and employment law. She began her legal career as an attorney at Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. where she practiced labor and employment law and commercial litigation. She later served as Deputy General Counsel to Governor Ducey, during which time she advised on various constitutional, statutory, and other legal requirements of the Governor’s Office. Justice King graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She then obtained her law degree from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, where she served as a Note and Comment Editor for the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law. After law school, Justice King clerked for Arizona Supreme Court Justice Michael D. Ryan. She also previously served as a Regent on the Arizona Board of Regents and as a member of the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board. While in private law practice, she was selected to Southwest Super Lawyers and Southwest Rising Stars in the area of Employment & Labor.
Alice M Jones Related Seminars and Products
is Chief Counsel of the Criminal Appeals Section of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. Alice’s primary practice is in criminal appeals but she also previously worked on civil appeals in a variety of practice areas at Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson, P.C. She has briefed over 100 appeals and has conducted arguments before the Arizona Court of Appeals and Arizona Supreme Court. She also has reviewed hundreds of appellate briefs and helps prepare attorneys within her office for oral argument. Alice earned her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and her Juris Doctor from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Robert Brutinel on the Arizona Supreme Court. In her spare time, Alice enjoys traveling with her husband and two daughters, and spending time with the family’s rescued animals, currently two dogs and a mischievous cat.