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BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines

Asian American Bar Association Installs 2015-2016 Board The following BASF members were recently installed to the Asian American Bar Association’s Board of Directors: Treasurer Miriam Kim, Munger, Tolles & Olson; Secretary David Tsai, Perkins Coie; Kristy Young Coleman, Goodwin Procter;…

Ten Things You Don’t Know About Clif Bar General Counsel Bruce Lymburn

Bruce Lymburn is General Counsel of Clif Bar & Company. The Emeryville company best known for its signature energy bar, Clif Bar, also produces a variety of organic foods and drinks. Lymburn has been an active BASF member for four…

Justice & Diversity Center Law Student Scholarship Committee Tackles Increasing Tuition One Scholarship at a Time

For nearly 30 years, law school tuition has skyrocketed. According to the American Bar Association, in 1985 the average tuition for private law school was $7,526. In 2012, it was $40,634. From 2012 to 2013, law student enrollment was 150,113…

Lien Priorities Altered When One Creditor Breaches Fiduciary Duties to Another

In Feresi v. Livery, 2014 LEXIS 1138 (Cal.App. 2d Dist. Dec. 15, 2014), a California court held that equitable principles control over the Uniform Commercial Code’s priority scheme when a creditor breaches its fiduciary duty owed to another creditor. Mesa and…

Spring Mediation Training: A Conversation with Ron Kelly

In March 2015, The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Alternative Dispute Resolution department will hold its annual Mediation Certificate Training. Over five successive Saturdays, participants will gain the tools they’ll need to be effective mediators. I recently had the opportunity…

How to Securely Use Dropbox in a Legal Environment

Excerpted from “Securely Use Dropbox in a Legal Environment” ABA TECHSHOW 2014 Written by Diane Ebersole, ABA TECHSHOW Board 2015 We have discussed how you can enhance the security of access to your Dropbox files by moving to a two-step…

2015 CLE Compliance Countdown

The MCLE compliance deadline is fast approaching and attorneys with last names H–M will need to finish their 25 hours of MCLE by February 2, 2015. BASF has got you covered. Whether you need special or general CLE credits, take…

How Judges Decide: January 12 Evening CLE Seminar

Almost 100 years ago, our great jurist, Benjamin N. Cardozo, declared: “The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men, do not turn aside in their course, and pass judges by.” This panel will explore what informs a…

Blindfolds Off: Judges On How They Decide [Book Review]

I have never seen Joel Cohen in court but he must be an excellent cross-examiner, a skill he relies on to create revealing, instructive, and sometimes shocking interviews with thirteen federal judges in his new work, Blindfolds Off: Judges On…

BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines

Queen’s Bench Bar Association Names 2015 Board of Directors The following BASF members were recently announced as 2015 Queen’s Bench Bar Association board of directors: President Jaime Touchstone, Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier; 1st Vice President Pauline Farmer-Koppenol, Bio-Rad Laboratories;…

Estate Planning: Lawyer Regrets Divorcing Without Inheritance Agreement for Kids

Divorce is difficult, and even successful lawyers sometimes jeopardize their children’s inheritance by failing to make adequate agreements about it as a part of the divorce settlement. Attorney Debra Karlstein is a recent example. She divorced Hank Goldsmith, a big-name…

Grow Your Clientele: Join the San Francisco-Marin Lawyer Referral and Information Service

With the turn of a new year, reflections about one’s law practice circulate in the mind. Is my practice where I’d like it to be? Is there more I could be doing? Growing your clientele while giving back to the…