Mr. Hagy Attends the 2008 Annual Divorce Practice Seminar Titled “Good, Better, Best, Perfecting the Appeal of Your Family Law Case”

Proper Preservation of Appeal Issues at Trial Level, Making the Record for Appeal, and Use of Motions to Reconsider

• Trial-level issues such as making proper and specific evidentiary objections and objections as to relief granted, as well as preservation of those objections for appellate review.
• Utilization of post-trial motions to preserve objections, proper assembly of the record through obtaining transcripts and/or statements of facts, and issues relating to bond requirements and staying of enforcement while the appeal is pending. 

Selection of Appeal Issues, Compliance with Part 5A of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Standards of Review and Effective Brief Writing

• Trial-level issues such as making proper and specific evidentiary objections and objections as to relief granted, as well as preservation of those objections for appellate review
• Designation of the record on appeal, strategies for selecting appeal issues
• Compliance with all facets of Part 5A of the Rules and avoiding procedural default as a result of noncompliance
• Exposing procedural default by the other side and techniques for presenting persuasive briefs

Motions Practice, Attorney Fee Awards, Effective Techniques of Oral Argument and Remedies on Appeal

• Motions practice before the Court of Appeals
• Curing procedural errors
• Requests for attorney fee awards
• Preparation for oral argument
• Proper focus of your oral argument
• Strategies for presenting persuasive oral argument and remedies available on appeal