PRE-ORDER
This handbook provides a comprehensive and practical guide to appellate practice in Illinois state and federal courts. Designed for attorneys handling civil appeals, the book is organized into distinct sections covering pre-appeal considerations, types of appeals, the appellate process, Supreme Court practice, and post-appeal issues. Topics include preserving error for review in Illinois trial proceedings, standing to appeal, stays and appeal bonds, interlocutory and specialized appeals such as those in workers’ compensation and family law, as well as procedural essentials like preliminary conferences, compiling the record on appeal, and drafting appellate briefs. It also addresses advanced issues including petitions for rehearing, direct and discretionary review in the Illinois Supreme Court, and the issuance and effect of mandates.
General Editors
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Gordon Reese Sully Mansukhani, LLP, Chicago
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Nadine J. Wichern, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Preserving Error for Review in Illinois Trial Proceedings
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Gordon Reese Sully Mansukhani, LLP, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Final Judgments
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Postjudgment Motions
Scott L. Howie, Donohue Brown Smyth, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Threshold Appellate Issues: Whether To Review and Standards of Review
Nicole C. Berg, Keller Postman LLC, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Standing To Appeal
Nadine J. Wichern, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Notices of Appeal, Separate Appeal, and Cross-Appeal
Nadine J. Wichern, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Chapter 8 — Stays and Appeal Bonds
Jonathan B. Amarilio, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago
Chapter 9 — Dismissal of Appeals by the Trial Court
Frank H. Bieszczat, Illinois Attorney General Office, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Appeals from Final Judgments That Do Not Dispose of an Entire Proceeding: Illinois Supreme Court Rule 304 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b)g
William P. Hardy, Attorney at Law, Springfield
Chapter 11 — Interlocutory Appeals of Certain Orders
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Interlocutory Appeals as of Right
Patrick E. Dwyer III, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Chicago
Chapter 13 — Interlocutory Appeals of Certified Questions
Patricia L. Hall, WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, Rockford
Chapter 14 — Interlocutory Appeals in Federal Court Under 28 U.S.C. §1292
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago, and Jed W. Glickstein, Kaplan & Grady LLC, Chicago
Chapter 15 — Workers’ Compensation Appeals
Tracy L. Jones, Black & Jones Attorneys at Law, Rockford
Chapter 16 — Family Law and Child Custody Appeals
Kass A. Plain, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago
Chapter 17 — Preliminary Conferences
Nadine J. Wichern, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Chapter 18 — Expedited Appeals
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 19 — Record on Appeal
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Gordon Reese Sully Mansukhani, LLP, Chicago
Chapter 20 — Motion Practice
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Gordon Reese Sully Mansukhani, LLP, Chicago
Chapter 21 — Appellate Briefs
Michael A. Scodro and Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 22 — Oral Argument
Michael A. Scodro and Elanie Liu, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 23 — The Appendix
Gretchen Harris Sperry, Gordon Reese Sully Mansukhani, LLP, Chicago
Chapter 24 — Summary Affirmance on Appeal
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, and Nicole C. Berg, Keller Postman LLC, Chicago
Chapter 25 — Petitions for Rehearing
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, and Geoffrey M. Pipoly and Alexa J. Thein, Bryan Cave Leighton Palsner LLP, Chicago
Chapter 26 — Participation as Amicus Curiae
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 27 — Direct Appeals
Stephen F. Pflaum and Andrew G. May, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago
Chapter 28 — Original Actions in the Illinois Supreme Court
Stephen F. Pflaum and Karl R. Barnickol, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago
Chapter 29 — Discretionary Review and Appeals as of Right in the Illinois Supreme Court
Michael A. Scodro and Mairead J. Mumford, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 30 — Certification of State Law Questions from the Seventh Circuit to the Illinois Supreme Court
Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, and Geoffrey M. Pipoly and Alexa J. Thein, Bryan Cave Leighton Palsner LLP, Chicago
Chapter 31 — Issuance and Effect of Mandate
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 32 — Sanctions in the Reviewing Court
Brett E. Legner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Chapter 33 — Costs on Appeal
Patricia L. Hall, WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, Rockford
