BASF Members Selected as 2021 Pathfinders by Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
BASF members Rebecca Stephens and Nadia Arid, both of Farella Braun + Martel, were selected to be the 2021 Pathfinders of Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinders. LCLD selects early-career emerging leaders who have, or have the potential to, distinguish themselves within their corporation or law firm.
Farella Braun + Martel recognized Among the 2021 Best Places to Work
BASF Leaders Circle Firm Farella Braun + Martel earned a #1 ranking in the large company category in the 2021 Best Places to Work by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
BASF Members Named Among 40 Under 40 for 2021 by North Bay Business Journal:
Quinn Arntsen, Farella Braun + Martel, and Jeffrey Dodd, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP, were recognized as 40 Under 40 for 2021 by North Bay Business Journal.
The Business Journal recognizes the most influential executives and professionals in the North Bay area under 40 years old who have changed the way their industry does business, made wide-reaching impact on the business community, advanced quickly in their organizations, demonstrated extraordinary leadership qualities, and/or created a new product or market.
Noah Kornblith Honored Top Rising Stars: Class of 2021 by The Deal:
BASF Member Noah Kornblith, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, is selected for displaying excellence in the respective legal fields including mergers and acquisitions and private equity. The Deal recognizes exemplary new U.S.-based partners with a focus on M&A and private equity in this year’s Top Rising Stars list.
BASF Members Recognized as Women in Investigation 2021 by Global Investigation Review:
Damali Taylor, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, and Hartley Munroe Kuhn West, Kobre & Kimas, were recognized by Global Investigation Review in its 2021 Women in Investigations, highlighting remarkable women in the legal profession.
Leaders Circle Firms Honored with 2021 Legal Cheek Awards:
The following BASF Leaders Circle firms received recognition in the 2021 Legal Cheek Awards.
In order of recognition:
- Latham & Watkins is selected as the Best Law Firm for Quality of Work, and highly commended as Best Law Firm for Perks, Best Law Firm for WFH, Most Admired Law Firm, and Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Firm of the Year.
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is highly commended as the Best Law Firm for Quality of Work and Best Law Firm for WFH.
- Baker McKenzie is highly commended as Best Law Firm for Peer Support.
- Vinson & Elkins is highly commended as Best Law Firm for Partner Approachability.
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is highly commended as Best Law Firm for Legal Tech.
The Legal Cheek Awards are based on the results of its annual survey of over 2,000 trainee and junior lawyers.
BASF Members Recognized as 2021 Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers by the National Law Journal
The following BASF members were included in the National Law Journal’s 2020 list of Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers:
Aelish M. Baig, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd; Brendan P. Glackin, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; Jonathan D. Selbin, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; Michael A. Kelly, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger.
