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Justice Bedsworth Reveals a Few ?From the Bench? Appellate Advocacy Secrets

? in the OC Lawyer Magazine, Criminal Waste of Space column: Carpentry Without Tools, by Justice William W. Bedsworth

Excerpt: ?My father was a casketmaker. He taught me not to judge the carpenter if you don?t know his tools. It was just a homey tradesman?s adjuration not to be judgmental, and I remember as a boy being unimpressed by it as a mantra. But I sure appreciate it now. It has helped keep my blood pressure in check for many years.

I think of it often when I encounter an opinion I do not think is the author or panel?s best work. I remind myself that I don?t know how good the briefing was, I don?t know what the record was like, and?perhaps most important?I haven?t sat down and struggled with the cases cited?.?(Link to full article.)

Full post as published by Oregon Legal Research on May 03, 2010 (boomark / email).