GMSR’s appellate lawyers are involved in numerous professional and community organizations. Not content with passive membership, they regularly demonstrate the depth of their commitment by making the multi-year investment of time it typically requires to assume leadership positions such as committee chairs and organization presidents.
Court Administration
California Judicial Council
- Appellate Advisory Committee: Kent Richland
- Appellate Indigent Defense Oversight Advisory Committee: Kent Richland
- Appellate Advisory Committee, Appellate Electronic Filing Workgroup: Robin Meadow
- Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee: Robert Olson
Second Appellate District Mediation Program
- Steering Committee, Mediation Training: Robin Meadow
- Mediators: Robin Meadow, Marc Poster, Kent Richland
Second Appellate District Pro Bono Program
- Steering Committee: Robin Meadow
Fourth Appellate District Volunteer Settlement Program
- Settlement Officer: Tim Coates
California Supreme Court Historical Society Board of Trustees
- Kent Richland (Past President)
Appellate Practice
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
- Kent Richland
- Marc Poster
- Robert Olson
- Robin Meadow
- Laurie Hepler
California Academy of Appellate Lawyers
- Alana Rotter
- Kent Richland (Past President)
- Laurie Hepler (Secretary/Treasurer 2020 – 2021)
- Marc Poster (Past President)
- Robert Olson (Past President)
- Robin Meadow (Past President)
- Ted Xanders
Practice Guides
- Laurie Hepler (Contributing Editor for the leading appellate treatise in California, Jon Eisenberg’s Civil Appeals & Writs, published by The Rutter Group)
- Tim Coates (Co-Author, Chapter 13, Federal Civil Rights Act, California Government Tort Liability Practice (CEB))
Bar Associations
American Bar Association
- Marc Poster (Vice-Chair, Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section)
- Robin Meadow (Litigation Section; Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section)
Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Kent Richland (Trustee; Chair, Appellate Courts, State Appellate Judicial Evaluation, Judicial Appointments and California Judicial Systems Committees)
- Marc Poster (Chair, Appellate Courts Section, State Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee)
- Robin Meadow (Past President; Chair, Appellate Courts, Audit & Finance, Judicial Elections Evaluation, Arbitration and Juvenile Justice Committees)
- Tim Coates (Appellate Courts Section)
Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Marc Poster (Past President; Board of Governors; Chair, Amicus Briefs Committee)
- Cindy Tobisman (Board of Governors; Amicus Briefs Committee)
- Alana Rotter (Past Amicus Briefs Committee)
- Geoffrey Kehlmann (Amicus Briefs Committee)
Federal Bar Association
- Timothy Coates (Appellate Practice Section)
Practice-Oriented Organizations
Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL)
- Robin Meadow (Board Member and Co-Editor of the ABTL Report)
- Geoffrey Kehlmann (Member, Young Lawyers Division Brown Bag Lunch Committee)
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC)
- Robert Olson (Past President)
- Ted Xanders (Co-Chair, Amicus Committee)
California Defense Counsel
- Robert Olson (Past President)
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Tim Coates (Government Liability Section, member of Steering Committee and Seminar Planning Committee)
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
- Robert Olson (Chair, Appellate Section)
- Laurie Hepler (Past Chair, Amicus Committee)
International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA)
- Tim Coates (Co-Chair California State Region and Litigation Section)
Public Interest Groups
American Civil Liberties Union/ACLU Foundation of Southern California
- Robin Meadow (Board of Directors)
Public Counsel
- Robin Meadow (Past President)
Shelter Partnership
- Geoffrey Kehlmann (Chair, Young Professionals Associate Board)
Education
Southwestern University School of Law
- Kent Richland (Adjunct Professor, Appellate Advocacy)
Hastings School of Law
- Kent Richland (Board of Advisors of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly)
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- Geoffrey Kehlmann (Adjunct Professor, Appellate Advocacy; Coach, Appellate Moot Court Program)