Manatt Appellate Partner Michael Berger was quoted by Law360 on the passing of Ellis J. Horvitz, known to his friends and colleagues as a “giant of the law.” “It's a term that is often overworked, but this is one time when it really fits,” Berger commented. Speaking on Horvitz’s appellate work, Berger said, “He recognized what few people knew at the time, that an appeal is not simply a continuation of trial and that the skills needed to properly present an appeal are significantly different from those possessed by even the best trial lawyers.”
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