LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2026—Duane Morris LLP partner Benjamin G. Shatz has been elected president of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Founded in 1972, the academy is the nation’s oldest lawyer organizations dedicated to appellate practice. Its members are California lawyers with substantial appellate experience, who are elected to membership after rigorous scrutiny of their reputation, character and appellate advocacy skills. Academy members are frequently counsel of record in the most complex and highest-impact cases before the California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal and federal appellate courts.

Shatz is a partner in the firm’s Trial Practice Group, focusing on appellate advocacy and complex litigation matters. He represents clients in high-stakes appeals, writ proceedings and discretionary review matters in state and federal courts across the country. Shatz’s appellate experience spans a broad range of industries and legal issues, including complex commercial disputes, entertainment and copyright matters, employment litigation, real estate and land use, banking and insurance, product and professional liability, class actions, unfair competition and anti-SLAPP proceedings. He has argued and handled matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals, the California Supreme Court and in every district and division of the California Court of Appeal. He is certified as a specialist in Appellate Law by the California Bar.

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