Newly elected California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, recently spoke with San Francisco attorneys about his legal battles against the Trump administration. At the Bar Association of San Francisco, Becerra fielded questions from California Appellate Law Group chairman…

BASF member Robert I. Townsend III, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, was included in the National Law Journal’s 2018 list of Mergers & Acquisitions and Antitrust Trailblazers. The list was published as a special supplement to the National Law Journal in November.

Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom selected BASF member Ann O’Leary to serve as his chief of staff and help lead the gubernatorial transition. O’Leary is a partner at BASF Leader Circle firm Boies Schiller Flexner. She is well-known for her work as a longtime policy advisor to Hillary Clinton,…

Justice & Diversity Center board member and Gap, Inc. senior counsel Marie Ma, recently accepted a national award for diversity and inclusion on behalf of Gap Inc.’s in-house legal team in New York. The team was honored with the “Employer of Choice Award” from…

Justice & Diversity Center board member and Gap, Inc. senior counsel Marie Ma, recently accepted a national award for diversity and inclusion on behalf of Gap Inc.’s in-house legal team in New York. The team was honored with the “Employer of Choice Award” from…

The Bar Association of San Francisco congratulates Joshua Groban on being appointed to the California Supreme Court by Governor Jerry Brown.  Joshua Groban has come to BASF in the past to present on the judicial appointments process under Governor Brown and was very informative…

Congratulations to Amarra Lee on her judicial appointment by Governor Brown. Judge Lee’s term started November 1, 2018,  and is the first African American woman judge to serve on the San Mateo County Superior Court. Lee is a 2003 recipient of JDC’s Minority…

The San Francisco office of Clyde & Co recently held an event to honor local art students through the firm’s fifth annual Art Award. Through a competition framework, 19 student artists were selected from 68 entries from the universities to…

The following BASF Leader Circle firms were recently recognized by the Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition: Farella Braun + Martel; Folger Levin; Morrison & Foerster; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Venable. Morrison & Foerster and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe received recognition as “Gold Award Winners”, while Folger Levin and…

BASF Leader Circle firm member Michael B. McNaughton, Hanson Bridgett, has been appointed to a judgeship in the San Francisco County Superior Court. McNaughton has been a partner at Hanson Bridgett since 2002, where he was an associate from 1993 to 2002. He fills…

On October 21, 2018, fifteen members of the San Francisco Superior Court met members of the local community at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in the City’s Excelsior district. This was the second “Meet the Judges” community outreach event to take…