On November 4 at noon, LACBA’s Appellate and Family Law Sections will present Family Law Appeals: Initial Quick Decisions, with panelists Claudia Ribet (certified appellate and family law specialist) and Greg Ellis (certified appellate specialist) (both at CALG and
Benjamin G. Shatz
* California State Bar Certified Appellate Law Specialist
* Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
* Member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers
* Ranked by Chambers USA for California Appellate Litigation
* Named in Best Lawyers in America for appellate practice
* Editor-in-Chief, California Litigation journal
* Trustee At-Large, L.A. County Bar Assn.
* Ninth Circuit Advisory Committee on Rules & Internal Operating Procedures (2017–20)
* Chair, LACBA State Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee (2013–19)
* Chair, Cal. State Bar Committee on Appellate Courts (2010–11)
* Cal. Lawyers Assn., Litigation Section ExCom Advisor (2013—)
* Chair, LACBA Appellate Courts Committee (2009–11)
* Expert witness in appellate and anti-SLAPP fees matters
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Published sanctions order
2/4 publishes an OSC order imposing $1,000 in sanctions here, which begins:An adverse ruling is not evidence of judicial bias. And lawyers may not accuse a judge of bias without evidence. We publish this opinion as a warning to…
1st & 2d Dist. pro tem update
Judge Alexandra Robert Gordon of San Francisco Superior Court will be sitting pro tempore in First District, Division Four until September 30, 2026.
In the 2d District:
- Judge Melanie P. Ochoa of the Los Angeles County Superior Court will be
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AI Sanctions (Illinois edition)
Law360 reports Ill. Atty Sanctioned For AI Slop In Starbucks Bias Suit
- A unanimous Illinois appeals court sanctioned an attorney representing a former Starbucks employee in a workplace discrimination suit after determining that he submitted briefs using false citations and
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Bonding article
Who can resist reading an article titled Hybrid Collateral Approaches to Obtaining an Appeal Bond? Thanks to CSBA for sharing their wisdom!
RIP J.K. Brown
Every California appellate lawyer knows Brown, Winfield & Canzoneri, Inc. v. Superior Court (2010) 47 Cal.4th 1233. The DJ has John Kenneth Brown 1935 – 2026 — Argued a landmark decision that reshaped California writ practice.J. Kenneth Brown, a founding partner of Brown,…
6th DCA window closure on Aug. 5
Court Closure Announcement – 8/5/26 — The Clerk’s Office window will be closed on Wednesday, August 05, 2026, from 10:30 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST. The drop box on the 10th floor, next to the Clerk’s Office at 333 West…
Goldstein sentenced
Bloomberg Law has Goldstein, 44-Time Supreme Court Lawyer, Sentenced to Six YearsProdigious US Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday following his convictions on federal tax and mortgage fraud…
Judge Gould video
July is Disability Pride Month. CBS Sunday Morning ran segment on Ninth Circuit Judge Gould here.Ronald Gould is a federal judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle, one rung below the U.S. Supreme Court. At 79,…
No AI sanctions in 7th
Law360 has 7th Circ. Admonishes Atty Over ‘Astonishing’ Bogus Citations (see this opinion).
Bloomberg Law’s article is Appeals Court Warns Bankruptcy Lawyer Over Alleged AI Misuse
Closer to home, Justice Raphael has (in the DJ) Patchwork Resentencing — California’s piecemeal
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