The California Appellate Law Podcast
The California Appellate Law Podcast
Latest Episodes
2,000 Opinions Later: Justice Willhite on What Wins Appeals
Retired Associate Justice Thomas L. Willhite Jr. of the California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Four, joins Tim Kowal and Jeff Lewis to discuss nearly four decades in the legal system, from coordinating capital appeals at the Cali...
Voluntary Dismissal, Involuntary Consequences: Maniago and the End of the Expedited-Appeal Shortcut
John Mitch Mitchell joins Tim Kowal to unpack Maniago v. Desert Cardiology Consultants’ Medical Group, a July 2026 California Supreme Court decision that shuts down a procedural shortcut California litigators have been relying on for y...
750 Tenants, One Nudist Colony, and a Draining Anti-SLAPP: Fran Campbell on California's Hottest Landlord-Tenant Battles
Why do tenants' rights cases end up on appeal—and what happens when the Ellis Act gets weaponized? Tenants' rights appellate attorney Fran Campbell joins Jeff Lewis as a guest host while Tim Kowal is on vacation, sharing hard-won insight from l...
Fine and Punishment: How cities punish short-term vacation rentals
One California city has been quietly collecting $5,000-per-incident fines from short-term vacation rental owners. And if the regime is struck down, the city may owe half a million dollars back.Former constitutional law attorney David Kos...
Palma, Alt Writs, and the OSC: Reading the Tea Leaves After Your Petition Lands with Judge Fay
Why do writ petitions so often fail? Judge Tom Fay covers the technical writ rules that attorneys often overlook. In part 2 of our conversation with former lead writs attorney at the Santa Ana Court of Appeal, Judge Fay covers the CRC 8.486 and...
