California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Announces Two New Members
The California Academy of Appellate
Lawyers is pleased to announce that it admitted two new members at its September,
2025 meeting: Lisa Ells and Matthew D. Zinn.
Ms. Ells is a partner at Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP. Ms. Ells, who is a Ninth Circuit Appellate Lawyer Representative, received her B.A. cum laude from Duke University and her J.D. from Columbia Law School, as a James B. Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. After law school, she clerked for James R. Browning of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and David O. Carter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Mr. Zinn is a Partner at Shute, Mihaly
& Weinberger. Mr. Zinn received his
B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, his M.S. in Natural
Resources and Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan School for
Environment and Sustainability, and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University
of Michigan Law School. After law
school, he clerked for John M. Walker, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit.
Founded in 1972, the Academy is the nation’s oldest lawyers’ organization dedicated to appellate practice. 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. For further information, contact CAAL President Sean SeLegue. More information about the Academy appears on its website at www.CalAppellate.org.
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