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Marc Poster has specialized in appellate practice for more than thirty years and has participated in hundreds of appeals and writs in state and federal appellate courts.
Clients seek out Marc not only for his wealth of experience, but also for his brief-writing skills, high reputation with the appellate courts, willingness to tackle difficult assignments, common sense, and ability to work with his clients and co-counsel to achieve their goals. Trial attorneys call on him to assist with critical motions and litigation strategy, so that they win their cases at trial and so that, if their cases do go to appeal, they will be well prepared.
Marc was educated at Stanford University and UCLA School of Law. He served as a Senior Research Attorney for the California Court of Appeal for six years before he entered private practice in appellate law. He is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member and past president of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and a member and past chair of both the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Appellate Courts and Appellate Judicial Evaluations Committees. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association for two terms and served as chair of the Association's Amicus Briefs Committee for six years. He is immediate past president of the 4000-member Association and serves on the Board of the Beverly Hills Law Foundation.
He has lectured on appellate law and ethics on behalf of the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and Orange County Bar Associations, the State Bar of California, the Defense Research Institute, and the California Center for Judicial Education and Research. He has written extensively on current issues in appellate practice for the Los Angeles Daily Journal and other publications. And he has been retained by other attorneys to testify as an expert on appellate practice. Marc has represented individuals and businesses, plaintiffs and defendants, and appellants and respondents on a broad range of subjects, including torts, contracts, real property, insurance, constitutional law, family law, professional liability and intellectual property. He welcomes the opportunity to handle new and challenging cases. In recognition of Marc's accomplishments, he has been named a "Super Lawyer" in appellate practice by a blue-ribbon panel of his peers and honored in Best Lawyers in America.
Marc is married to Roberta Fields Poster, a speech-language pathologist. They have two children. When not practicing law, Marc enjoys time with his family, classical music, puzzles and stamp collecting.
 Education Stanford University (Political Science), A.B. (1967)
UCLA School of Law, J.D. (1970)
Professional Experience Law Practice:
Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP (1989-present)
Sole practitioner (1979-1989)
Horvitz, Greines & Poster (1977-1979)
Judicial Clerkship:
Senior Research Attorney to Associate Justice Macklin Fleming, California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Two (1970-1977)
Certified Specialist, Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization (1996-present)
Authorship Taking it to the Banc, ABTL Report (Summer 2008)
Playbook Disqualification (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (August 6, 2007)
In the Thicket of Appellate Jurisdiction, ABTL Report (Summer 2005)
The Art of Oral Argument, ABTL Report (Summer 2004)
Ninth Circuit Review, American Bar Association, Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Appellate Advocacy Committee News (2003-present)
Looking Back – Both the State and Federal High Courts Primarily Addressed the “Nuts and Bolts of Statutory Construction” in Cases Heard This Year, Los Angeles Daily Journal (December 18, 1998)
Step by Step – Winning an Appeal Begins with Following the Rules, Los Angeles Daily Journal (August 6, 1998)
Out of Luck – Jurisdiction Counts, No Matter to Which Court the Case is Presented, Los Angeles Daily Journal (June 4, 1998)
A Certified Check – State Court Rulings for Other Jurisdictions, Los Angeles Daily Journal (April 2, 1998)
It Ain't Over – After A "Final" Decision On Appeal, Los Angeles Daily Journal (April 14, 1997)
Final Analysis: Determining Appealability of a Judgment or Order, Los Angeles Daily Journal (August 25, 1997)
Partially Appealing – When A Request For Review Is Necessary, Los Angeles Daily Journal (October 28, 1996)
Brief Changes – From Type To Time In Federal Appeals Courts, Los Angeles Daily Journal (April 3, 1996)
On Review – Significant Changes To The Appeals Process, Los Angeles Daily Journal (February 12, 1996)
One Or Another – Determining A Ruling's Appealability, Los Angeles Daily Journal (January 2, 1996)
For Your Eyes Only – California's System for Depublication of Decisions, Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 22, 1995)
Motions for New Trial – A Procedural Minefield, Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 7, 1993)
California Civil Practice: Procedure, ch. 38 (record on appeal) (Bancroft-Whitney 1991) (consultant)
The Proposed Panel To Resolve Intercircuit Conflicts: A Brief View From the Litigator’s Perspective (co-author), 11 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 371 (1983-1984)
Limits to the Contempt Power in California Courts, Los Angeles Bar Journal (January 1976)
Teaching & Lecturing Appellate Advocacy and Gay Divorce, Southern California Business Litigation Inn of Court (2008)
Thinking Ahead: Protecting Your Position For Appeal, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Litigation Section (2006)
Update From the Appellate Courts, Santa Clarita Bar Association (2006)
Amazing Tales of Ninth Circuit Practice, Orange County Bar Association, Appellate Courts Committee (2005)
Winning At Any Cost: Ethics In The Appellate Courts, State Bar of California (2004)
Federal Appellate Practice, Orange County Bar Association, College of Appellate Advocacy (2002)
Ethical Concerns In Handling An Appeal, State Bar of California (2001)
Appellate Judicial Attorneys Institute, Ethics Panel, California Center For Judicial Education And Research (2001)
Ethics In Appellate Advocacy, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Appellate Courts Committee (2000)
Taking an Appeal: Civil, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Convention (1992)
Involvement Beverly Hills Bar Association: President (2009-2010); Member, Board of Governors (2002-2006); Amicus Briefs Committee (Chair, 2000-2006)
Los Angeles County Bar Association: Appellate Courts Committee, 1978-present (Chair, 1984-1985); State Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1989-present (Chair, 1997-2001)
American Bar Association: Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section 1988-present (Vice Chair, 2007-present)
Faculty Member, 6th Appellate Practice Institute (1988)
Member, California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1979-present (President, 1989-1990)
Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (1996-present)
Settlement Officer, Volunteer Settlement Program, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District
Honors Named in The Best Lawyers in America (Appellate Law) (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Southern California Super Lawyers (Appellate) (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Board of Governors’ Award, Beverly Hills Bar Association (2005)
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