Appellate Practice Reminder

• Publication year: 2010
• Pages: 42

Appellate Practice Reminder No. 79 J. Kan. Bar Assn 9, 42 (2010) Kansas Bar Journal October, 2010

Appellate Practice Reminders . . .

From the Appellate Court Clerk's Office

Collate Pleadings Before Submitting for Filing

If multiple copies of a motion or response are required to be filed and there are attachments, the attachments must be collated and submitted along with the pleading as one document. The clerk's office cannot collate and assemble documents. They must be filed ready for distribution to the court..

Withdrawal from a Case on Appeal

Supreme Court Rule 1.09 (2009 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 7) provides that an attorney who has appeared of record in an appeal may withdraw by (1) serving a motion for withdrawal on the client and on opposing counsel and (2) filing a copy of the motion and proof of service with the clerk of the appellate courts. A justice or judge must enter an order approving the withdrawal.

If the client will be left without counsel, more compelling reasons for withdrawal need to be stated than if other counsel is appearing. If other counsel of record in the...