You’ve received discovery responses from opposing counsel, so what’s your next step? Since you’re a paralegal extraordinaire, you know that you’ll only have 45 days to file and serve your motion to compel. It’s time to get cracking. If you…
Leadership and Executive Committee Members Recruitment
Dear BASF Member: We are currently accepting applications for the following BASF Sections and Committees listed below. These Executive Committees are comprised of attorneys representing the diverse makeup of their Section. Previous Section participation and experience with planning educational…
4 Ways Lawyers Can Minimize Outstanding Receivables
Every pragmatic legal professional expects that some percentage of their billed services won’t be paid. But even small fluctuations in a law firm’s collection rate can have a huge impact on its bottom line. So how can you improve your…
October 2021 Members in the News
BASF Members Named on Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch in America List 2022 Appellate Practice: James R. Sigel, Morrison & Foerster; Stacy M. Boven, Nixon Peabody Banking and Finance Law: Dario David Avram, Morrison & Foerster, and Victor Liang, Morrison & Foerster Bankruptcy and…
GPOA Powerholder Acts in Nonfiduciary Capacity
The grieving Harry Berkowitz could hardly have imagined what would follow when he had three hats to wear under the law after his wife died in 2011. Her death triggered the creation of a marital trust that contained a General…
Trustee May Self-Represent to Determine Settlor Intent
It takes a particular type of family dysfunction for brothers and sisters to take their fight to courtroom after courtroom after courtroom for 12 years. Meet the Donkin clan. Back before everybody squared off before their first judge, parents Rodney…