Bryan Killian

Appellate partner @MorganLewisLaw. Tweets are mine, not the firm's or clients'.

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

If you loved taking new classes every semester in law school, you’d love appellate practice, because in law school you paid for that opportunity, but as an appellate lawyer someone else pays you to do the same thing.

[Raffi Melkonian @RMFifthCircuit]

Learning a completely new area of law again, and it's so much fun. #AppellateTwitter.

{No, transforming this learning into a brief is not gonna be fun}

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

From a senior WH official: “Justice Clarence Thomas will administer the official Constitutional Oath to Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House tonight.”

[Howard Bashman @howappealing]

Judge Scudder (CTA7) issues in chambers opinion addressing when amicus brief may be helpful:

https://t.co/oaLqeQyBzB

[Aditya Bamzai @adityabamzai]

My latest—"Tenure of Office and the Treasury: The Constitution and Control over National Financial Policy, 1787 to 1867."

A study of presidential administration from the Constitution’s adoption to the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. 1/4

https://t.co/Z8YqX2PzKt

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@E_A_Young When individual CA4 judges are feeling ill, they have come down and greeted counsel without shaking hands. I expect CA4 will all do something like that.

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@BobLoeb @RuthanneDeutsch Agree on the leatherleaf mahonia, but watch out for sharp leaves. Deer have not eaten our dwarf Japanese maple, catmint, or butterfly bushes (which grow large and bloom in late summer). They also ignore marigolds we plant each year.

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@RuthanneDeutsch 1. Invest in deer-resistant plants. Sprays and scents require constant reapplication. Miss one and the deer win.
2. I mulch in Mar/Apr, and apply Preen simultaneously. Mulch too early and the Preen dissipates by when you need it (mid-Spring).
3. Shears.

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@metlitsky @RuthanneDeutsch @JonahPerlin Totally explains why you couldn't hold a clerkship for more than a year, @metlitsky.

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@RuthanneDeutsch Write up a report! It’s on my family’s list for when we go to Japan (probably in 2-3 years).

[Senate Cloakroom @SenateCloakroom]

Confirmed, 51-44: Executive Calendar #534 Lawrence VanDyke to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

[Taylor Reidy @taylor_reidy]

Reported to the floor by a vote of 12-10: Lawrence VanDyke, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@JessePanuccioFL @bsfllp Congrats, Jesse.

[Senate Cloakroom @SenateCloakroom]

5. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #348 Rachel Kovner to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York (if cloture is invoked)

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@legalwritingpro @MatthewStiegler Use them naturally, or not at all, but don't use them only sparingly. If you put only 1 or 2 into a brief, they stand out too much.

All lawyers use contractions during oral argument--because it's natural speech. I aspire to natural speech in my writing, so I use contractions.

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@KannonShanmugam Great day for a bbq picnic.

[Senate Cloakroom @SenateCloakroom]

Confirmed, 53-45: Executive Calendar #343 Daniel Bress to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

[Hugh Hewitt @hughhewitt]

"When the Senate adjourns on Friday, July 5th, the Senate will next convene at 3:00pm, Monday July 8th. The Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #343, Daniel Aaron Bress, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

@KannonShanmugam Check out October 2015. Three Kansas cases on Oct 7, spread across two hours of argument. Don’t ask me why I know this.

[Aditya Bamzai @adityabamzai]

Some personal news.

[Senate Cloakroom @SenateCloakroom]

Vote Scheduled: At 5:30 pm on Monday, July 8th, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #343 Daniel Bress to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.

[Bryan Killian @Bryan_Killian]

Two Scalia clerks reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee today—Dan Bress (CA9) and Rachel Kovner (EDNY).

[Taylor Reidy @taylor_reidy]

Full results of today's exec business meeting - includes 17 judicial nominees reported to the Senate floor:

https://t.co/TA0yTI4f4H