December 2016

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…

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,…

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…

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…

BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines

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…

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…

An Estate and Trust Attorney’s Prediction: Estate Tax Will be Repealed in 2017

The federal estate tax is a tax on the date of death value of a person’s assets in excess of about $5.5 million. It is designed to redistribute wealth. Donald Trump promised significant tax reduction and repeal of the federal…

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