CLA’s Litigation Section has announced the 2023 inductee to the Appellate Lawyer Hall of Fame:

Appellate Lawyer Hall of Fame — The Appellate Lawyer Hall of Fame Award is bestowed upon attorneys
who have excelled as appellate lawyers and who careers exemplify the highest of
values and professional attainment. The Litigation Section is proud to announce
the recipient of the 2023 Appellate Lawyer Hall of Fame Award — Richard Benes! Click here for more information
on Mr. Benes. The Awards will be presented on Friday, September 22, 2023, at the
Hilton San Diego Bayfront in the Cobalt Meeting Room 501B.

Richard Benes graduated from Yale University (B.A. 1969) and the University of Southern California (J.D. 1976), where he was Executive Editor of the law review. His 47-year career practicing appellate law in San Diego was launched by service as an extern law clerk for California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk and as a research and writs attorney for the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division One. After becoming a partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, Mr. Benes formed and practiced in his own small firm, Benes & Fiorello, A P.C., and then for many years as a sole practitioner. He was among the first attorneys certified as appellate specialists in 1996 and retired from practice in 2023.

And see the August 2023 issue of CLA Lit. Section’s Litigation Update