CAAL press release re new officers & member

The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers is pleased to announce that at its May 5, 2024, meeting, it elected its officers for the 2024-2025 year and admitted as a member Deputy Solicitor General Joshua Patashnik.

The new officers are:

·         Joseph P. Mascovich of Schroeder Schaff & Low, Rocklin, President;

·         Sean M. SeLegue of Arnold & Porter, San Francisco, Vice President;

·         Benjamin G. Shatz of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, as Treasurer; and

·         Judith E. Posner of Benedon & Serlin, LLP, Woodland Hills, as Secretary.

Mr. Patashnik is a Deputy Solicitor General in the California Department of Justice. He received his JD from Stanford Law School. He clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy at the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Before joining the Department of Justice he was an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.