CAAL new member and officers

California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Announces New Officers and One New Member

The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers is pleased to announce that it elected its officers for the 2026-2027 year and admitted Ari J. Stiller as a new member at its May 3, 2026 meeting.

The new officers are:
· Benjamin G. Shatz of Duane Morris, LLP, Los Angeles, President;
· Judith E. Posner of Benedon & Serlin, LLP, Woodland Hills, Vice President;
· Nathaniel P. Garrett of Jones Day, San Francisco, Treasurer; and
· Todd E. Lundell of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Orange County, Secretary.

Mr. Stiller is the founder of Stiller Law Firm, and also serves as a lecturer at law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. He is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law. He received his B.A. from Colorado College and his J.D. from University of Colorado Law School.

Founded in 1972, the Academy is the nation’s oldest lawyers’ organization 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.

For further information, contact CAAL President Benjamin G. Shatz: BGShatz@DuaneMorris.com, 213-689-7439. More information about the Academy appears on its website at www.CalAppellate.org.