Since 1995, Disability Rights and Labor Relations Panel attorney Charles Wisch has been a member of the Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS). Recently Wisch settled a case referred through LRIS. As I reviewed the case facts, along with…
Share Your Voice and Passion by Joining the Paralegal Section
In January 2015, The Bar Association of San Francisco launched its first non attorney section with a mission to instill an ethos of professionalism in all legal paraprofessionals, which includes but are not limited to paralegals, legal assistants, legal nurse…
With a Little Bit of Patience, Slash’s Wife Looks to Win Divorce Argument
Guns N’ Roses lead guitarist Slash has initiated divorce proceedings from his wife, Perla Hudson, for the third time in six years, and this time it looks like “Civil War.” Slash is accusing Hudson of being a bigamist and claiming…
Legal Writing Tip: Insight from the Pros
This month we highlight tips from Dennis Hanshew, a paralegal with Blacker, Sammis & Blacker; Commissioner Marjorie Slabach, a private judge and retired commissioner in the Family Law Department of the San Francisco Superior Court; Scott Herndon, a toxic torts,…
Assistant District Attorney Xochitl Carrion: A Shining Example
San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Xochitl Carrion graduated from high school two and one-half years early. She earned her degree in Women’s, Chicana/o’s and LGBT Studies from UCLA. In 2004, she was awarded the Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area…
Justice & Diversity Center’s Julie Rosenthal Receives Brosnahan Fellowship
Congratulations to the Justice & Diversity Center’s Julie Rosenthal for receiving the 2017 James Brosnahan Fellowship. Rosenthal, the Director of Social Services for JDC’s Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP), is the fourth recipient since the fellowship was established in 2012 to provide…
BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
Working Mother Magazine Names 100 Best Companies The following BASF Leaders Circle firms were included on the 2016 Working Mother magazine’s “100 Best Companies” list: Arnold & Porter and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Working Mother magazine also named the following…
BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
Members Named as Finalists in Top Corporate Counsel Awards Two BASF members were included as finalists in the San Francisco Business Times “Top Bay Area Corporate Counsel” list. Conor French of Funding Circle and Elena Matsis of Autodesk. Conor French…
BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
Lutheran Volunteer Corps Supports Homeless Advocacy Project
Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) connects full-time volunteers receiving stipends with nonprofit organizations around the nation to work towards justice. This month, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is pleased to feature Alexander James and Virginia Purcell, who come to us…
Nationally-Recognized Legal Tech Trainer and Local Judge/Former Solo Attorney to Keynote Solo and Small Firm Conference in February
Come one, come all! Attend the Solo & Small Firm Section’s first Annual Conference at BASF on February 9, 2017, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Solo & Small Firm Section represents thousands of attorneys in the community,…
Judge Teri Jackson Elected to Serve as Presiding Judge
San Francisco Superior Court Presiding Judge John K. Stewart recently announced the San Francisco bench has elected Judge Teri L. Jackson to serve as the incoming Presiding Judge of the San Francisco Superior Court, effective January 1, 2017. Judge Jackson…