The California Academy of
Appellate Lawyers is pleased to announce that it has selected four new fellows
for its 2025-2026 Fellowship Program. Each year, the Fellowship Program allows up
to four lawyers who are budding appellate practitioners to enhance their skills
in the appellate arena through participation in Academy’s educational and
social programs.
This year’s fellows are:
·
Courtney L.C. Cefali of Cefali & Cefali in
San Juan Capistrano;
·
Cory D. Hernandez of Family Violence Appellate
Project in Oakland;
·
Omer Ali Khan, a sole practitioner in Sacramento;
and
·
Christopher G. Sanchez of the California
Department of Justice in Los Angeles.
Founded in 1972, the Academy is the
nation’s oldest lawyers’ organization of experienced appellate advocates dedicated
to appellate practice. Our 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.
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