Benjamin Shatz

Practice Areas

Benjamin G. Shatz is a partner in the firm’s Trial Practice Group, focusing on appellate advocacy and complex litigation matters. Benjamin represents clients in high-stakes appeals, writ proceedings, and discretionary review matters in state and federal courts across the country. His 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.

Benjamin has argued and handled matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals, the California Supreme Court, and the California Courts of Appeal. Earlier in his career, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Johnston of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada and as a judicial extern to the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is certified as a specialist in Appellate Law by the California Bar. A recognized thought leader in appellate law, Benjamin is a frequent author and speaker on litigation and appellate strategy.

Professional Memberships

Friends of the L.A. Law Library Board: Member and Treasurer; California Litigation Journal: Editor in Chief; California Judicial Council Appellate Advisory Committee; California Lawyers Association: Appellate Committee and Litigation Section ExCom Advisor; ASCDC: Amicus Committee.

Personal

Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D.