Charles Kagay is our Latest Featured Speaker!
Our latest featured speaker is Charles Kagay of Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP!
Charles is speaking at our upcoming Writs of Administrative Mandamus 101: The Nuts and Bolts program on January 28th and 30th, 2025. He is teaching “Challenging the Decision on Appeal” (Charles is speaking on January 30th). You can sign up to attend live, order OnDemand Streaming, or get the recorded package here.
This program will guide you through the Writ of Administrative Mandamus process, from knowing when it is appropriate to file one, to making your record, and how to file and oppose a petition for writ of administrative mandamus. The faculty will also teach attendees how to draft a writ and discuss other forms of judicial review mechanisms. The faculty will provide strategies and practical tips and we’ll have a breakout session for attorneys who focus in one practice area to ask questions of the speakers.
Charles Kagay has decades of appellate experience in both California and federal courts. He frequently handles appeals involving complex or novel legal questions, and his cases have addressed first-impression questions of civil procedure and statutory interpretation, including issues related to antitrust law, administrative law, physician credentialing, and anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) motions. He also handles trial court actions of an appellate nature, such as petitions for writs of administrative mandamus and bankruptcy appeals.
He has been certified as California appellate specialist by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California for well over a decade.
He has been selected ten times as a “Northern California SuperLawyer” in appellate law, and he has both a peer rating and client rating of 5 out of 5 from Martindale-Hubbell.
Previously, Charles served as Chief Appellate Counsel in two Independent Counsel probes of cabinet-level officials in Washington, D.C. He also acted as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California. Charles is a past member of the State Bar of California’s Committee on Appellate Courts, Committee on the Administration of Justice, and Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section’s Executive Committee.
He holds three degrees from Harvard University. He earned his law degree, his graduate degree in public policy, and his undergraduate degrees there.
We are so excited to have you join us, Charles!
