2010 BASF President Arturo González, Morrison & Foerster, has been selected to receive the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Pro Bono Publico Award. The award recognizes his’ outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services and will be presented at the ABA’s Annual Meeting this August in San Francisco.

The Pro Bono Publico Awards are the top honors given by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. González has worked on more than one hundred pro bono cases while a partner at Morrison & Foerster. His work has led law enforcement agencies and governmental units to improve protocols and procedures in terms of tactics and investigatory means.

The award will be presented at a luncheon at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco on Saturday, Aug. 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m.