Jon B. Eisenberg has more than four decades of experience in appellate litigation. He is the author of the leading treatise on California civil appellate practice, The Rutter Group’s “California Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs.” He has argued a dozen cases in the California Supreme Court and nearly 100 cases in the California Courts of Appeal and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the District of Columbia Circuit. Mr. Eisenberg’s clients have ranged from Fortune 500 companies, to nonprofit entities, to individuals of modest means in pro bono litigation. His appellate practice in recent years was split evenly between business litigation and public interest and pro bono work. He has participated in numerous civil rights cases involving issues such as same-sex marriage, the right to die, affirmative action, national security, and force-feeding of hunger-striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay. His 2006 book “The Right vs. The Right to Die” is a nonfiction account of the Terri Schiavo case, in which he participated as one of the attorneys representing Michael Schiavo. In 2011, Mr. Eisenberg received California Lawyer magazine’s “Attorney of the Year” (CLAY) award for his work on a lawsuit challenging President George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program. In 2010, he was featured in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal as one of ten “Lawyers Who Helped Shape a Decade.” In 2016, he received the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Pamela E. Dunn Appellate Justice Award for his "extraordinary contributions to appellate justice." In 2019, he was inducted into the California Lawyers Association "Appellate Lawyer Hall of Fame." The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal named him one of the "Top 100 California Lawyers" for 2021. Mr. Eisenberg is a member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, of which he is a Past-President, as well as the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.Mr. Eisenberg is now retired from active law practice.