Janet R. Gusdorff

Janet R. Gusdorff

Janet R. Gusdorff

Janet R. Gusdorff, a Certified Appellate Law Specialist (SBLS), handles appeals in state and federal court. Janet is the owner and principal of Gusdorff Law, P.C., in Westlake Village, CA. She has been repeatedly voted as one of the Super Lawyers Rising Stars in Appellate Law (Southern California). She has been AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Pasadena Magazine recognized Janet as one of its 2016 and 2017 “Top Attorneys.” Janet graduated from Loyola Law School, where she served as Note and Comment Editor on the Loyola Law Review. She is also licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Articles written by this author:

Silence is golden

Silence is golden

The best defense against the Verdugo v. Target ruling on a business’s duty to patrons who suffer a medical emergency on its premises

Janet R. Gusdorff

Toeing the line

Considerations for drafting admissible juror declarations of misconduct

Janet R. Gusdorff

Ethical considerations on appeal

How to avoid the traps of the most common ethical pitfalls

Janet R. Gusdorff

Establishing the record

An appellate lawyer’s perspective on what trial lawyers need to know about preserving their records for appeal

Janet R. Gusdorff

DIY appeals for trial lawyers

Circumventing common procedural snags in handling an appeal

Janet R. Gusdorff

Inferences explained

Inferences explained

Using and rebutting inferences

Janet R. Gusdorff

California appellate practice in the evolving digital age

The nuts and bolts of the new appellate Court Rules for electronic filing

Janet R. Gusdorff

Demystifying California civil writs

Writ relief is extraordinary and completely discretionary; most petitions are denied. Here are the basics for trial lawyers

Janet R. Gusdorff

An appellate perspective on verdict forms

An appellate perspective on verdict forms

Although often relegated until the end of the trial, crafting a verdict form is among the most important aspects of a trial

Janet R. Gusdorff

The unique inequity of Privette and its progeny in wrongful-death cases

A new take on challenging Privette and securing its reversal by the California Supreme Court

Janet R. Gusdorff
David H. Greenberg
Emily Ruby

Valuing your appeal

Valuing your appeal

A formulaic way of deciding when outsourcing the appeal to appellate counsel makes sense

Janet R. Gusdorff

Overcoming common defenses to plaintiffs’ recovery of 998 costs

How to evaluate the likelihood that your 998 offer will withstand defendant’s challenges

Janet R. Gusdorff

Now what?

Now what?

Unusual conundrums during pendency of an appeal

Janet R. Gusdorff

Busting through writer’s block

Busting through writer’s block

The solutions for focusing and starting to write are as varied as the distractions and reasons we do not

Janet R. Gusdorff