Benjamin G. Shatz

Benjamin G. Shatz


Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Recognized since 2013

Los Angeles, California

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

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Benjamin Shatz is a partner in Manatt's appellate practice. He has briefed hundreds of civil appeals, writs and petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, California Supreme Court and California Courts of Appeal, covering areas of law including anti-SLAPP, entertainment, copyright, trademark, employment, land use, banking, insurance, punitive damages, class actions and unfair competition.

Before joining Manatt, Ben practiced in the appellate department of an international law firm. He also served as law clerk to The Honorable Robert J. Johnston, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Nevada, and as extern to The Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A frequent lecturer and author, his articles have appeared in California Litigation, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Inside Counsel, The Daily Journal, The Recorder, For the Defense, California Defender, CEB Civil Litigator Reporter, and many other legal publications.

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Location
  • 2049 Century Park East, Suite 1700
    Los Angeles, CA 90067
Education
  • Pepperdine University, J.D., graduated 1992
Bar Admissions
  • Colorado, State Bar of Colorado
  • United States, Bar of the Supreme Court of the U. S.
  • California, State Bar of California
Affiliations
  • California Litigation - Editor-in-Chief
  • California Litigation - Editor-in-Chief
  • Chair - Executive Committee
  • LACBA State Appellate Judicial Evaluations Committee - Chair
  • LACBA State Appellate Judicial Evaluations Committee - Chair
  • The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization - Certified Specialist in Appellate Law
  • The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization - Certified Specialist in Appellate Law

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Headquarters: Los Angeles, California

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
Awards:
  • Named "Lawyer of the Year (Private Sector)" for 2008 by the Constitutional Rights Foundation for his work with the Appellate Court Experience program
  • Named by Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine as one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” (the Best Attorneys in Southern California) in the field of Appellate Law, 2004-2016
  • Peer selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012-2017, for appellate practice
  • AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Sports Law

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