Law Office of Don Cruse   Austin, Texas

Talks, Slides, and Papers

Don Cruse is a frequent speaker about the Texas Supreme Court, trends in Texas appellate practice, and legal writing in the age of the electronic brief.

Texas Supreme Court

• How the Supreme Court of Texas Operates Today, UT Conference on State and Federal Appeals (2018)

• The Texas Supreme Court at the Seventh Inning Stretch, Austin Bar Appellate Section (2018)

• Supreme Scuttlebutt at the Texas Supreme Court, Dallas Federalist Society (2016)

• Texas Supreme Court Update, Denton Bench-Bar Retreat (2015)

• Current Happenings at the Texas Supreme Court, Dallas Federalist Society (2014)

• A Conversation with Justice Lehrmann, Dallas Bench-Bar Retreat (2014)

• Recent Changes at the Texas Supreme Court, Austin Federalist Society (2014)

• StatPack on the Texas Supreme Court’s 2013 Term, SCOTXblog (2013)

• Electronic Resources for Supreme Court Practice, Practicing Before the Texas Supreme Court (2013)

• Texas Supreme Court Update 2011, State Bar Administrative Law CLE (2011)

• Electronic Resources for Supreme Court Practice, Practicing Before the Texas Supreme Court (2011)

• Lessons and Surprises from the Past Four Terms (2006-2009), Austin Bar Civil Appellate Section (2010)

Appellate Practice

• Emerging Technologies in Texas Appellate Practice, State Bar Annual Meeting (2019)

• Texas Appeals in the Data Age, State Bar Advanced Appellate Course (2015)

• Testing the Conventional Wisdom of Appeals, Dallas Appellate Section (2013)

• Putting the ‘App’ in Appellate Practice, UT State and Federal Appeals CLE (2013)

• Appellate Tech Talk, UT State and Federal Appeals CLE (2012)

• Snapshot of Amicus Practice in Texas, Austin Bar Appellate Luncheon May 2012 (2012)

• Handling Your First Civil Appeal, Handling Your First Civil Appeal (2011)

• How Technology Is Changing Appellate Practice, Corporate Counsel Seminar (2010)

• Litigating Against the Government, Advanced Civil Trial Course (2008)

• Writing Effective Appellate Briefs in Complex Cases, Advanced Texas Administrative Law Seminar (2006)

Persuasive Electronic Briefs

• Advanced Electronic Briefs, Legal Writing to Win (2015)

• Reading and Writing Advanced E-Briefs: What Works and What Doesn’t, AJEI 2014 (2014)

• Electronic Briefs, State Bar College (2012)

• E-Briefs in the Era of E-Filing, State Bar Annual Meeting (2012)

• Electronic Brief Nuts and Bolts, UT State and Federal Appeals CLE (2011)

• How Texas Courts are Adapting to E-Filed Briefs, Austin Bar Appellate Lunch (2011)

• Appellate Briefs of the Future, UT State and Federal Appeals CLE (2010)

Open Government and Legal Blogging

• Breakout Session on Blogging, Ms. JD Annual Conference (2014)

• The Opinion Speaks for Itself… Not!, CCJ/COSCA Annual Meeting (2011)

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