Recently I received many requests for advice from individuals at or near the start of their legal careers who believe that being an appellate lawyer would be much more enjoyable and rewarding than what they are currently doing, which usually involves the practice of general commercial litigation.
I can certainly sympathize with these advice-seekers, because reviewing box after box of a document production, preparing mind-numbing answers and objections to written discovery, or rushing off to court after staying up working through the preceding night to seek or defend against an emergency injunction do not tend to be a recipe for job satisfaction for newly minted lawyers.
