Susan Horst is our Latest Featured Speaker!

Our latest featured speaker is Susan Horst from Complex Appellate Litigation Group!

Susan will be speaking at our upcoming Appellate Law Certified Legal Specialist Exam Four-Part Online Prep Course (CA) on August 22, 23, 24 and September 7, 2023. She most recently spoke at our 8th Annual Advanced Appellate Practice (CA) Webinar where she was praised for her stellar handouts and expertise in writs.

In fact, Susan is such a popular speaker that she has been teaching writs topics for at least ten years at our appellate and writs related seminars (advanced and beginner level)!

We’re excited to have her join this course this year!

Susan is a counsel at Complex Appellate Litigation Group. She has briefed and argued cases in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and every District Court of Appeal in California, and has filed amicus briefs on the merits in several cases before the U.S. and California Supreme Courts. For more than 31 years, Susan served as the writ attorney for the California Court of Appeal for the First District, Division One, in San Francisco.

Susan is one of the only practicing attorneys in California to have devoted virtually her entire career to appellate writs.

As writ attorney in the First District, Susan evaluated thousands of pre- and post- trial writ petitions in all types of civil and criminal matters. In the process, she learned precisely what the justices on the Court of Appeal look for before taking the extraordinary step of granting writ relief — and what an opposing party needs to highlight to have the best shot at getting a petition denied.

In addition to Pincus Professional Education, Susan has presented seminars to the San Francisco City Attorney, District Attorney and Public Defender Offices, the State Bar of California, California Continuing Education of the Bar, The Rutter Group, bar associations across California, and the Center for Judicial Education and Research. She is the co-author of two Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) titles: Appeals and Writs in Criminal Cases and California Criminal Law: Procedure and Practice.

Thank you for joining us again, Susan!