Bruce P. Merenstein

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AREAS OF PRACTICE

Appellate Practice

Litigation Services

Articles
06/23/2010	"Circuit Precedent? What Circuit Precedent?"
06/07/2010	"When Eight is Not Enough"
01/12/2010	"A Brief Brouhaha"
01/05/2010	"A Holiday Gift for Appellate Procedure Wonks"
09/16/2009	"When 60 Percent Is Not a Majority"
07/21/2009	"Ships Passing in the Night"
07/16/2009	"Superior Court Says It’s OK to Rely on Defective Online Dockets"
07/06/2009	"More Quibbling Over Precedent"
06/30/2009	"Prevailing Parties Do Not Have to Appeal After All"
03/31/2009	"The Infallible Internet?"
11/04/2008	"Is Appellate Jurisdiction Always Jurisdictional?"
10/08/2008	"Certificates of Merit: Where Good Intentions Can Be Excusable Neglect (Sometimes)"
09/05/2008	"Premature Notices of Appeal"
08/25/2008	"There’s Wrong and Then There’s Really, Really Wrong"
08/01/2008	"Charities and the Orphans' Court"
06/27/2008	"Manufacturing Mootness"
06/13/2008	"Clarification Needed of Amendments to Rule 1925"
06/11/2008	"High Court Quibbles Over Definition of ‘Proceeds’"
10/01/2006	"Interim Issues Requiring Appellate Review—Pennsylvania’s Collateral Order Doctrine: Lessons From The Barnes Foundation Case And The 30 Years Of Jurisprudence Preceding It"
05/05/1999	“More Proposals to Amend Rule 68: Time to Sink the Ship Once and for All”
05/05/1997	“Last Bastion of School Sponsored Prayer? Invocations at Public School Board Meetings”
Books
04/01/2007	Persons Who May Take or Participate in an Appeal
Alerts
09/01/2008	Recent Third Circuit Decision Contributes to Confusion Regarding Premature Notices of Appeal
06/01/2008	Perfected Security Interests vs. Writs of Garnishment
Newsletters
04/01/2007	Schnader Appeals
08/01/2005	Issues and Trends in New Jersey Law
08/01/2005	Pro Bono Newsletter
05/01/2005	Pro Bono Newsletter

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1998
University of Massachusetts, M.S., University Fellowship recipient, 1988
Brandeis University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1985
London School of Economics, Certificate in Sociology/Economics, 1984

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1998

Clerkships

Edward R. Becker, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1998-1999

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association, member
American Law Institute, member
Bar Association for the Third Federal Circuit, member
Pennsylvania Bar Association (and its Appellate Advocacy Committee), member
Philadelphia Bar Association (and its Appellate Courts Committee), member
Philadelphia Bar Association, Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, investigator
On-line columnist for appellate issues for The Legal Intelligencer Blog.

Other Distinctions

Recipient, Earl G. Harrison Pro Bono Award, 2008
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for appellate law, 2008-2011
Two time recipient of a Burton Award for Legal Achievement, in 2007 for co-authoring "Interim Issues Requiring Appellate Review—Pennsylvania’s Collateral Order Doctrine," and again in 2009 for co-authoring "Charities and the Orphans' Court."
Honors from HIAS & Council, a public-interest immigration advocacy organization, in recognition of outstanding pro bono work on an asylum case, 2005
Recognized as a ‘Pennsylvania Super Lawyer’ by the publishers of Law & Politics in the area of appellate law, 2009
Recognized among ‘Pennsylvania Rising Stars’ by the publishers of Law & Politics and Super Lawyers in the area of appellate law, 2005, 2006, 2007
Winner of the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s prestigious Keedy Cup moot court competition, 1998
Graduation awards from the University of Pennsylvania Law School for best constitutional law paper, best civil procedure paper, and most significant contribution to the Law Review, 1998