The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the nation’s largest, busiest and most diverse federal appellate court. Join Sean SeLegue, an appellate specialist at Howard Rice in San Francisco who began his legal career nearly twenty years ago as a law clerk for a Ninth Circuit judge, and Simona Agnolucci , also a former law clerk in the Ninth Circuit, for this important discussion of practice there. Topics include: • The Ninth Circuit’s caseload and relationship with the Supreme Court • Motion practice in the Ninth Circuit • Handling jurisdictional issues • Which judges will rule on a matter? • Briefing • Argument • En banc procedures