Appellate and Complex Litigation Blog

The importance of following the rules and requirements related to appeals—though daunting and often confusing for attorneys who do not focus in this area—is something appellate practitioners frequently discuss with each other. One of those requirements involves preserving errors for review. In most cases, before you can accuse a trial court of committing an error, you must give that court an opportunity to correct the error. An appellate court nearly always will reject an attempt to “sandbag” the trial court.