As we discussed last month, the deflating opener, also called the swift rejoinder, can take the wind out of an opposing brief replete with insults and overblown rhetoric—in one or two paragraphs. In a similarly efficient fashion, a paralipsis can…
BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
Bruns Farella Braun + Martel Client Services Director Honored Leader Circle firm Farella Braun + Martel’s Director of Client Services David Bruns was recently inducted as a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management. The College of Law Practice…
Tips for Solo and Small Firms: How to Treat Your Vendors
Vendors, like trial consultants, private investigators and court reporters, are critical to your law practice. As the owner of a solo and small law firm, you’re likely the person interacting directly with vendors. Having the right vendors will help with…
Gloria Chun Named JDC’s Pro Bono Legal Services Director
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) recently announced that JDC Pro Bono Manager/Supervising Attorney Gloria Chun was promoted to its Director/Managing Attorney of Pro Bono Legal Services. She succeeds Mairi McKeever, who recently left after 15 years at JDC. Chun…
BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
The Daily Journal Announces Top 100 Lawyers in California The following BASF Members were included on the Daily Journal’s list of “Top 100 Lawyers in California:” Michael Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld; Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein;…
Gala Raises $360,000+ for JDC Pro Bono and Diversity Programs
Over 400 members of the legal community were in attendance to celebrate the work of the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) of The Bar Association of San Francisco on September 28 at JDC’s Annual Gala. The gala raised more than…
BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
Daily Journal Announces Top IP Lawyers Anderson Berta Bettinger Chapman Durham Durie Ferrall Hollander Klaus Lemley Mehta Miller Polizzi Rhodes Snyder Van Nest Ward Williams Wu The Daily Journal recently announced its 2017 list of top Intellectual Property Lawyers and…
BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
Daily Journal Announces Top Plaintiff’s Attorneys Cabraser Fastiff Gibbs The following BASF members were included on the Daily Journal’s list of “Top Plaintiff Lawyers” in 2016: Elizabeth Cabraser and Eric Fastiff, both of Lieff Cabraser Heimann &…
Three Keys to Crafting a Path to Success
The theme of this year’s Barristers Annual Meeting, “Crafting a Path to Success,” can be an elusive concept. Many of us struggle mightily to define what success means in our practice, or how to craft a path forward that will…
Peter Catalanotti and Cometria Cooper Honored at Barristers Club Diversity Reception
Barristers Club members Cometria Cooper, University of San Francisco School of Law, and Peter Catalanotti, Freeman Mathis & Gary, were honored at the 9th Annual Barristers Diversity Award Reception on September 6. This year’s reception was sponsored by Freeman Mathis…
Open the Doors to Opportunity for Diverse Law Students
Aimed at opening doors of opportunity for diverse law students, the 1L Open Doors Job Shadow Program strives to help 1L law students enrolled in San Francisco law schools jumpstart their professional development through early, day-to-day immersion in dynamic legal…
BASF Welcomes Robert Jacobs to its Bay Area Mediation Services Panel
Robert B. Jacobs helps parties settle disputes by focusing early on key issues. Parties who mediate with him find he is both fair and persuasive. During the course of his 30 years of litigation experience, Jacobs has represented both plaintiffs…