https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2023/01/03/less-trials-less-appeals-caseloads-plunged-in-pennsylvanias-appellate-courts/

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Virginia McMichael, founder of Appellate Law Group, warned when these numbers will return to levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic.
January 03, 2023 at 06:25 PM
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What You Need to Know
- Caseloads in Pennsylvania’s appellate courts are down from what they were before the pandemic.
- Appellate lawyers said the dropoff is a result of earlier slowdowns at the trial court level.
- Lawyers said the pandemic did little to slow cases down at the appellate level.
Caseloads in Pennsylvania’s courts of appeals have shrunk compared to what they were before the coronavirus pandemic, according to data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
But appellate lawyers said the state’s appellate courts are processing cases as efficiently as ever—and even the early days of the pandemic did little to slow them down.
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