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11.15.18

Jerry Brown Selects Joshua Groban to Sit on California Supreme Court

Manatt’s Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice, was interviewed by the Daily Journal for an article on outgoing governor Jerry Brown’s pick for the California Supreme Court.


11.15.18

Groban Nominated to California Supreme Court

Manatt’s Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice, was interviewed by Metropolitan News-Enterprise for an article on Governor Jerry Brown’s pick for the California Supreme Court.


08.15.18

64 Manatt Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers in America List

Sixty-four Manatt partners have been named to Best Lawyers’ 2019 list of the Best Lawyers in America. This annual recognition of prominent lawyers is determined by an in-depth, national peer-review survey.


12.20.17

More Than 50 Kozinski Cases Reassigned to Active Judges

Manatt’s Ben Shatz, co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice, was quoted in the Daily Journal for an article on the future of Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski’s more than 50 pending cases. Following his recent resignation, these cases are currently under ...


12.18.17

Ninth Circuit Judge Resigns Amid Misconduct Inquiry

Manatt’s Ben Shatz, co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice, was interviewed by SF Gate for an article highlighting the career of federal judge Alex Kozinski, Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, who announced his plan to retire following the launch of misconduct ...


08.15.17

Best Lawyers in America Names 67 Manatt Attorneys for 2018

Best Lawyers has named 67 Manatt partners to its 2018 list of Best Lawyers in America. The annual recognition of leading lawyers is based on a rigorous, national peer-review survey involving more than five million evaluations.   In addition, three of the firm’s partners were named ...


07.10.17

Family Gets Day in Court to Recover Nazi-Confiscated Art

The Los Angeles Times covered the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit’s decision in favor of the heirs of a Jewish family whose great-grandmother had been forced by the Nazis into “selling” a painting by the renowned Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro. Manatt filed an amicus ...


04.03.17

Discussion of Ninth Circuit Split Resurfaces

Law360 interviewed Manatt’s Ben Shatz, co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice, for an article about a renewed proposal to split apart the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.Critics have long set their sights on the Ninth Circuit—the largest by geographic span, ...


02.09.17

Politicians Call for Ninth Circuit Split

The Recorder interviewed Manatt’s Ben Shatz, co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice, for an article about legislation aimed at splitting the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.“Tellingly, the court itself isn't asking to be split based on being ...


01.24.17

Shatz Elected to California Academy of Appellate Lawyers

Manatt's Ben Shatz, co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice, was elected this month to the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Founded in 1972, the Academy is the nation’s oldest lawyers’ organization dedicated to appellate practice. The organization comprises ...