Well, "hard to go wrong" except when it's wrong. California central district wants 14 points, with line numbers. Arizona district wants 13 points, no line num

Well, "hard to go wrong" except when it's wrong. California central district wants 14 points, with line numbers. Arizona district wants 13 points, no line numbers. The 7th Circuit's typography recommendations say Times New Roman might as well be Comic Sans. The Supreme Court italicizes case names differently. Massachusetts state court wants 1.5" margins on two sides. Wisconsin wants 1.5" on just the left. Templates help, as does Butterick's Typography for Lawyers, and a good checklist. But it's still a slog to internalize all the local customs in a multi-state practice. And yes, these are heuristics to identify locals and repeat players, which might be helpful to courts. But, again, that's a separate skill from legal reasoning, and it comes at a high cost for clients.