In the fifteenth episode of Houston Law Nerd Podcast, I sit down with Attorney Robert M. "Randy" Roach Jr., the Founding Partner of Roach Newton, LLP and one of the top appellate attorneys in Texas, and the country. His firm website and profile is found here: https://www.roachnewton.com/randy-roach/.

Listen in and learn while we discuss a number of topics including the start of his road to law school beginning with undergraduate debate tournaments, his already-made decision to go to law school, his work with the U.S. Senate and U.S. Supreme Court, his early career as a litigation attorney focused on becoming the in-firm go-to appellate specialist before law firms had appellate sections, the development of his expertise as an appellate attorney focusing on both pre-trial practice issues such as jury charges and traditional appellate work in appellate courts, his theory and strategies for effective briefing writing, his unique method for oral argument preparation that is focused on question-oriented preparation, and the overall importance of oral argument in appellate cases for persuading the court, educating the judges or justices, and giving clients their "day in court," including on appeal, among many other topics.

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