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Farella Braun + Martel Client Services Director Honored

Leader Circle firm Farella Braun + Martel’s Director of Client Services David Bruns was recently inducted as a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management.

The College of Law Practice Management is an honorary, invitation only organization made up of individuals who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of law practice management over a period of years.

Bruns was also recently recognized by the Legal Marketing Association’s International’s Hall of Fame.

The Recorder Announces Corporate Department of the Year Awards

BASF Leader Circle firms were recently recognized by The Recorder in their Corporate Department of the Year contest.

Latham & Watkins took the top honor as the Corporate Department of the Year. They were also recognized in the Global Mergers & Acquistions category.

Cooley was recognized in the Venture Capital category.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe was recognized in the Emerging Companies category.

Best Places to Work List Includes Leader Circle Firms

The following Leader Circle firms were included in the San Francisco Business Times Best Places to Work list:

Hanson Bridgett and Fenwick & West.

Daily Journal Announces Top Women Lawyers

: Barclay

: Cabraser

: Dermody

: Durie

: Grassgreen

: Grunfeld

: Harriman

: Hollander

: House

: Hurst

: Little

: MacCormac

: Maitra

: Ring

: Silverman

: Wilensky

Congratulations to the following BASF members who were included on the Daily Journal’s “Top Women Lawyers in California” list for 2016:

Rosemarie T. Ring, Munger, Tolles & Olson; Karen E. Silverman, Latham & Watkins; Julie Wilensky, Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center; Susan J. Harriman, Keker & Van Nest; Emily Johnson Henn, Covington & Burling; Holly House, Paul Hastings; Kelly M. Dermody, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; Jan Nielsen Little, Keker & Van Nest; Annette L. Hurst, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Susan Mac Cormac, Morrison & Foerster; Ashley K. Dunning, Nossaman; Sonali D. Maitra, Durie Tangri; Daralyn J. Durie, Durie Tangri; Susan E. Hollander, Venable; Debra I. Grassgreen, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones; Cecily Barclay, Perkins Coie; Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; and Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld.

Daily Journal Announces CLAY Award Recipients

The following BASF members were recognized with California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Awards:

Mark Lemley, Durie Tangri; Eric Fastiff, Brendan Glackin, and Dean Harvey, all of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; Joseph Saveri, Ryan McEwan and Josh Davis, all of Joseph Saveri Law Firm; Gay Crossthwait Grunfeld, Blake Thompson, and Van Swearingen, all of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld; Roderick Thompson, Anthony Schoenberg and James Baker, all of Farella Braun + Martel and Rochelle Woods (formerly of Farella, now with Google); Michael Rubin, Jonathan Weissglass, and Eric Brown, all of Altshuler Berzon; Susan Mac Cormac, Morrison & Foerster; John Pingel, Reed Smith; Niklas Akers, California Department of Justice; and Daniel Kolkey, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.