RQN’s appellate chair Carol Funk will present “Appeals Are Always an Uphill Battle: How Steep is the Slope?”
Date: 1/26/23
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm Mountain Time
Cost: Free for Section Members of either section/ $10 for Non-members
Overview: The panelists will discuss the work of Utah’s appellate courts by the numbers, looking at rates of success on requests for relief including appeals as of right, interlocutory appeals, proceedings seeking extraordinary relief, and proceedings on certiorari. They will also break down the numbers by subject matter, looking at how rates of success may differ in civil appeals, criminal appeals, and child welfare appeals, adding their insight as to how the statistics may guide decision-making when pursuing relief in the state’s appellate courts.
The CLE will be held via Webinar
Please register no later than January 25, 2023.
Login information will be sent to registrants the evening of January 25th.
Please contact gro.rabhatu@troppusnoitces with questions.
Speaker Information
Carol Funk
Carol Funk serves as chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice and as a member of the firm’s Litigation Section. Ms. Funk’s practice focuses on appellate litigation in state and federal courts of appeals, as well as complex litigation matters in state and federal district courts. Her experience spans a broad array of legal fields, including general contractual disputes, employment law, family law, products liability, securities, and white collar criminal defense.
Ms. Funk currently serves on the Utah Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure. She has been voted by her peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s Appellate “Legal Elite” in 2021 as published in Utah Business Magazine.
She previously worked as an associate in the Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. She also served as a law clerk for the Honorable John A. Pearce of the Utah Supreme Court, the Honorable Jill M. Pohlman of the Utah Court of Appeals, and the Honorable Priscilla R. Owen, first at the Texas Supreme Court and subsequently at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.