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Leaving San Francisco: Living on the Edge of the Mystery

AUTHOR: Drew Amoroso
DATE: DATE: December 15, 2020 DATE: December 15, 2020
After ten years in San Francisco, I gave up my apartment to go on the road, indefinitely. One morning a few months back, I was sitting on my rooftop writing about the importance of paying attention to what sits beneath…
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Airstreaming Live in 2020

DATE: DATE: December 15, 2020 DATE: December 15, 2020
This year, with all its challenges, has also given us an opportunity to pause and look back on the many people and stories from San Francisco Attorney magazine that have inspired and engaged. Jennifer Smythe and Gary Dubrovsky, a married couple who…
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Timothy Disregards Dad’s Magic Words

AUTHOR: John O'Grady
DATE: DATE: December 15, 2020 DATE: December 15, 2020
Before he died in 1992, Norbert Eimer set up a family trust. Upon his and his wife’s death, everything was to go to their kids. A Power of Appointment allowed each child to pass on their inheritance to others through…
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Mental Illness: Laws We Need to Know

AUTHOR: Katie Danielson
DATE: DATE: December 14, 2020 DATE: December 14, 2020
Book by Baron Miller Reviewed by Katie Danielson According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, in 2018 47.6 million U.S. adults experienced mental illness, 9.2 million U.S. adults experiencing mental illness had co-occurring substance abuse issues. As many as…
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a quote that says “A huge part of our job is meeting clients where they are and giving them an honest opinion,”

Federal Pro Bono Project Team Measures Success One Client at a Time

AUTHOR: Laura Ernde
DATE: DATE: December 14, 2020 DATE: December 14, 2020
Lawyers often measure success by whether their client was made whole or how much money was at stake. But that kind of assessment oversimplifies the legal work being done by the Federal Pro Bono Project, a project of the Bar…
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Digital signage in San Francisco in May 2020 with a reminder to wear face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

San Francisco: Two Pandemics, One Hundred Years Apart

AUTHOR: Stuart Plunkett, 2020 BASF President
DATE: DATE: December 14, 2020 DATE: December 14, 2020
For my last column for San Francisco Attorney, I wanted to explore how the 1918 flu pandemic—the last global respiratory pandemic to reach San Francisco—affected our bar association and compare that to COVID-19, more than a hundred years later. Established in…
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Know Your AI

AUTHOR: Michael Rubin
DATE: DATE: December 1, 2020 DATE: December 1, 2020
Companies across industries are using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and algorithmic decision making (collectively ‘AI’) in their everyday business practices. To ensure legal compliance with their use of AI, companies must understand how their AI works and be able to…
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2020: A Year in the Rear View

AUTHOR: Javier Morelos
DATE: DATE: December 1, 2020 DATE: December 1, 2020
For many, 2020 has proved to be a year they’d much rather throw in the circular file. But this year was not without some bright moments, especially for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s (BASF) Paralegal Section’s Executive Committee (ExComm).…
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Conclude Forcefully

AUTHOR: Savannah Blackwell
DATE: DATE: December 1, 2020 DATE: December 1, 2020
In the final section of your brief, don’t forget to remind the court why your side should win. All too often, having run out of time, space, and energy, you finally get to the end of the brief you’ve been…
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Fifth Annual Solo & Small Firm Conference: Larger Than Coronavirus

AUTHOR: Ryan Stahl
DATE: DATE: December 1, 2020 DATE: December 1, 2020
The Solo and Small Firm Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco will host its fifth annual Solo and Small Firm Conference on January 28, 2021. The conference is planned as a virtual event in light of the various…
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December Members in the News

DATE: DATE: December 1, 2020 DATE: December 1, 2020
Daily Journal Honors Top 100 Women Lawyers in California The following BASF members were included in the Top Women Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal: Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; Lexi J. Hazam, Lieff Cabraser Heimann &…
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Giving 2020: Legal Community Persists in Making Holidays Brighter for Head Start Kids

AUTHOR: Samantha Akwei, Diversity and Pipeline Programs Director
DATE: DATE: December 1, 2020 DATE: December 1, 2020
On behalf of the Justice and Diversity Center’s Diversity and Pipeline Programs, we thank all firms that have stepped up to participate in this year’s Head Start Holiday Gift program. Every year, law firms in San Francisco sign up to…
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