Barbara Fanning, who joined BASF in 1975 retired in September. Serving under 42 presidents and several executive directors, Fanning held the titles of Director of Continuing Legal Education, Director of Special Events, Director of Publications, BASF Board Liaison, to name…

BASF recently announced its new board members for 2017 as well as its 2017 Secretary. President-Elect Merri Baldwin, Rogers Joseph & O’Donnell, will succeed to the office of the president in 2017; Malcolm Heinicke, Munger, Tolles & Olson, will serve…

  In 2009, while talking to a parent from a public high school at a basketball tournament, BASF member Timothy Halloran, Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney, discovered that San Francisco’s Mission High School Girls Varsity Basketball team was without a…

San Francisco Superior Court Presiding Judge John Stewart’s master calendar web page recently added the following message to encourage senior attorneys to help develop newer attorneys trial skills: “The Court believes in supporting the development of our next generation of…

The State Bar of California recently announced that Elizabeth Balassone, an associate at Morrison & Foerster was the recipient of their Jack Berman Award of Achievement for Distinguished Service to the Profession and the Public. This award honors a young…

  The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) has been keeping a secret from you. A group of BASF attorneys happen to be some of the most effective legislators in the state. But despite being able to make real legal…

Exclusively within the state of California, AHERN Insurance Brokerage is offering BASF members the very first insurance coverage for plaintiff lawyers to insure the cost of investment in each contingency case. Plaintiff attorneys and litigants can select which cases to…

The Barristers Club of The Bar Association of San Francisco presented its Tara L. Riedley Barristers Choice Award at the 32nd Annual Judges Reception on July 21 to Judge Angela M. Bradstreet, San Francisco Superior Court. This award is given…