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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Ironically, while some of the content appears AI-generated, other portions appear too unpolished to have been produced by AI." flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/down...

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

While in the ER, getting an x-ray, all I can think is that if my hand needs a cast, how am I going to type the brief due tomorrow?! “DOC, YOU GOTTA SAVE THE HAND! I’M AN APPELLATE ATTORNEY!”

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A brief of 13,000 words begins with a single cup of coffee. #AppellateSky

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I filed a brief on Friday citing Bryan Garner on the use of Oxford commas. I believe I now level up as an appellate attorney. #AppellateSky

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hey, you wanna read an opinion citing Cynthia J. Bannon, A Short Introduction to Roman Water Law and Sir Matthew Hale, A Treatise Relative to the Maritime Law of England (1787)? Sure you do! They're no Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, but they're still pretty cool. #AppellateSky

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

You don’t call for a starter when you need a late-inning save!

Baseball player coming out of the bullpen, with a “Lawyers” team jersey, and the announcer saying, “And there’s the call for the appellate attorney!”

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Had a trial lawyer tell me the other day that he didn’t mean to treat me as his therapist. But who can you bring your troubles too if not an appellate lawyer?!

A therapist’s office scene, only it’s an appellate lawyer asking, “so tell me your troubles“

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Interesting new employment law case from the Florida Supreme Court, today, that turns on what the meaning of "is" is. 😬 [Trigger warning for those of us old enough to remember the 1990s.] flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/down...

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I just realized that I’ve spent four months at my new job without a Bluebook, now that I don’t have my old DOJ online account. An appellate lawyer without a Bluebook?!

(Excalibur film) Lancelot, seeing King Arthur has abandoned Excalibur: “The king without a sword!”

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I love the smell of PCAs in the morning! Smells like my first appellate victory in my triumphant return to state court! flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/down...

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It’s a (zoom) Argument Day in the 5th DCA! And in honor of my return to state court, after 26 years as a Fed, I’m wearing my Florida socks! #AppellateSky #AppellateLife #AppellateSocks

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Note to Self: *Two* full Cuban coffee coladas—equally wr-wr-wr-ong.

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

An unexpected consequence of returning to private civil practice, after years at the USAO, is that all the cases I’m citing in my briefs have names like “Consolidated Assocs. LLC, ex rel. Estate of Jones v. 621 Ocean Drive d/b/a Group Partnership Ltd., Inc.” I miss typing “United States v. Smith.”

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Ok, making a triple espresso was a mistake. That was on me. My bad. I won’t d-d-do it ag-g-gain.

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Jonathan Colan @jcolan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

After 25 years at the USAO-SDFL Appellate Division, and a lurker on #AppellateTwitter and #AppellateSky, I’m pleased to share that I’ve joined Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine as Co-Chair of the firm’s newly launched Appellate Practice.

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