In my last post, I noted that after years of reviewing statements of facts that were little more than witness-by-witness summaries, the New Jersey and Pennsylvania courts amended their rules to admonish attorneys to provide chronological summaries. Even a good…

Attorneys who wish to enhance the comprehensibility of the “Statement of Facts” sections of their briefs should consider using timelines, dispute charts and pictures to engage readers and to highlight aspects of cases that would otherwise remain buried in seas…