Mitchell C. Tilner

Mitch has been practicing with Horvitz & Levy, the largest appellate specialty firm in the United States, since 1988. He has been a partner since 1992. He is a California State Bar Certified Appellate Specialist.

Mitch has briefed or supervised the briefing in more than 400 appeals and writ proceedings and has argued more than 100 appeals and writ proceedings in the state and federal appellate courts. He has represented individuals, private entities and public agencies in appeals involving insurance coverage and bad faith, business and contract disputes, employment law, water law, entertainment law and punitive damages, among others.

Mitch has also authored numerous articles for legal publications and for several years co-authored “Appeals, Writs and Post-Trial Motions” for California Litigation Review. He frequently presents seminars to clients and professional groups on the appellate process and related subjects. In addition, he is a member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Mitch is “AV Preeminent” rated by Martindale Hubbell and was named a “Leading Individual” or “Notable Practitioner” of appellate litigation in California in Chambers USA’s directory of leading lawyers for 2007-2021. He has also been named a “Best Lawyer” by The Best Lawyers in America each year since 2006. Super Lawyers Magazine has listed Mitch as a Southern California Super Lawyer every year since 2004. From 2014 through 2017, Mitch was named one of the Top 100 Southern California attorneys by Super Lawyers.

Before joining the firm, Mitch held a judicial clerkship with the Hon. Arthur L. Alarcon of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Earlier, he was an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, and a Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the National Law Center, George Washington University. Mitch began his legal career as an associate in the litigation department of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.