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Excellent Customer Service Key to Award Winning Lawyer Referral Service

The legal interviewers of BASF’s Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) are a team of professional, compassionate, highly educated individuals. Far more than an “appointment scheduling service” or “legal hotline,” the services provided run the gamut from resource guide to…

Attorney-Client Billing Statements Are Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege Regardless of Whether They Contain Legal Opinions or Advice

As a matter of first impression, the Court of Appeal recently held in County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (ACLU), 235 Cal.App.4th 1154 (2015) that invoices confidentially transmitted from an attorney to…

The View Isn’t so Rosie: Drug Testing Requested in O’Donnell’s Custody Battle

Rosie O’Donnell’s prenuptial agreement with a confidentiality provision isn’t keeping her second divorce out of the media limelight. In 2012, O’Donnell married Michelle Rounds, two years later, they adopted a daughter, and last November the couple split up and filed…

Five Tips for Creating a Marketable Legal Professional Resume

Most people can agree that it is a difficult task creating a marketable resume. How does one decide what to include, or determine what to take out? How is it possible to get everything on one page? My best advice…

Mock Trial Volunteer Perspective: Adam Maldonado

Bringing together attorney volunteers, judges, and teenagers from public high schools across San Francisco, BASF has once again united the legal community with the successful completion of its 2015 Mock Trial competition. Each season, attorney volunteers donate their evenings and…

Legal Writing Tip: Strike the Right Tone

In legal writing, as in any form of communication, tone is crucial. What you say is no more important than how you say it. When addressing the court, an attorney should strive to “be the voice of reason—with a tone…

Meet Barristers Litigation Section Leader Evangeline Burbidge

Evangeline (“Evan”) Burbidge is an attorney at Lewis & Llewellyn, a San Francisco litigation boutique firm focusing on high-stakes civil cases. An active BASF member, she currently serves as a co-vice chair on the Executive Committee for the Barristers Litigation…

$19,000+ Raised at 8th Annual Bike-a-Thon

Thank you to the 35 riders, runners and walkers who raised over $19,000 for JDC’s Legal Services Programs last month! Everyone had fun at Crissy Field while supporting JDC’s free legal services for low-income people. JDC congratulates the top individual…

O’Melveny & Myers Awards College Scholarships to High School Students

BASF Leader Circle Firm O’Melveny & Myers continued its longstanding tradition of awarding college scholarships and mentoring to students at San Francisco’s Balboa High School. Since 2006, O’Melveny’s San Francisco office has selected three high-achieving 10th grade students from Balboa…

Nossaman Hosts Women of Color Attorney Network Reception and Panel

BASF Leader Circle Firm Nossaman recently hosted the Women of Color Attorney Network – Bay Area Chapter reception and panel in the firm’s San Francisco office. During this reception, the firm hosted guests including Carin Fujisaki, Chief Counsel to the…

Post-Threat Analysis: SCOTUS reverses conviction in online threats case

On June 1, 2015, in Elonis v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision that a Pennsylvania man’s conviction for posting threatening Facebook posts regarding his estranged wife was a reversible error. The Supreme Court held…

Dealing with Workplace Bullying

Small and solo law firm attorneys should expect to hear more about workplace bullying. As of January 1, 2015, mandatory anti-harassment training by employers must contain an anti-bullying component. Covered employers must provide supervisory employees with training about prevention of…