Sunday, February 07, 2016
ΒΆ34 Petitions for certiorari are subject to stringent printing, formatting, and binding
requirements. See Sup. Ct. R. 33-34. Such petitions cannot easily be prepared using ordinary
word processing software or other commonly-available tools. As a result, several companies,
including one named by the district attorneys, specialize in preparing petitions for certiorari.
Shirley Abrahamson, dissenting in the WI Supreme Court's denial of letting a pro bono law firm help out with a cert petition, and denying the printers access to sealed files for preparation of the record for cert.
Typically these firms charge $2-3K to print a cert petition. It's been a while since I was in the market, the prices may have gone up. 1% of such cert petitions get granted. If you are a shoestring pro bono effort for an indigent client, at what point do you decide to spend the money on one of these firms, or try to do it yourself at the local print shop? A few days ago I spent between $50 and $100 just to print and file an amicus brief, and I'm fine with that; I accept that I have an expensive hobby. But if you have no budget, and want to file frequent supreme court briefs, amicus or otherwise, is there an online cheat sheet somewhere, for how to do it yourself, or are you stuck with paying the professional supreme court brief filers rates?
Shirley Abrahamson, dissenting in the WI Supreme Court's denial of letting a pro bono law firm help out with a cert petition, and denying the printers access to sealed files for preparation of the record for cert.
Typically these firms charge $2-3K to print a cert petition. It's been a while since I was in the market, the prices may have gone up. 1% of such cert petitions get granted. If you are a shoestring pro bono effort for an indigent client, at what point do you decide to spend the money on one of these firms, or try to do it yourself at the local print shop? A few days ago I spent between $50 and $100 just to print and file an amicus brief, and I'm fine with that; I accept that I have an expensive hobby. But if you have no budget, and want to file frequent supreme court briefs, amicus or otherwise, is there an online cheat sheet somewhere, for how to do it yourself, or are you stuck with paying the professional supreme court brief filers rates?
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