Benjamin Shatz

Benjamin Shatz is a partner in the Appellate practice of Duane Morris LLP, handling state and federal civil appeals and writs. Certified as a Specialist in Appellate Law by the California Bar with decades of civil appellate experience, he is a member of both the American and California Academies of Appellate Lawyers. Mr. Shatz has handled hundreds of civil appeals, writs, and petitions in court, including the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, California Supreme Court, and California Courts of Appeal. His legal practice areas include complex commercial litigation, entertainment, copyright, employment, real estate, land use, banking, insurance, product liability, professional liability, wrongful death, punitive damages, class actions, unfair competition, and anti-SLAPP.

Mr. Shatz served as law clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Johnson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Nevada, and as an extern to the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Pepperdine University School of Law. During this time at Pepperdine, Mr. Shatz served as an associate editor at the Pepperdine Law Review and the California Supreme Court Survey.

Mr. Shatz has been named in Chambers, Best Lawyers, and other ranking entities. He is a frequent lecturer and author, with published work in California Litigation, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, CEB Civil Litigation Reporter, and many other legal publications. Since 2018, he has written a monthly column in the Daily Journal titled “Exceptionally Appealing.” Mr. Shatz has been the editor-in-chief of California Litigation journal and blogged at Southern California Appellate News since 2013.