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Clinic Brings Essential Legal Services to Veterans

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) held its second annual Veterans Legal Services Clinic in November 2015 with Swords to Plowshares, Salesforce.com and Morrison & Foerster. Together, 14 veterans with 23 legal issues ranging from housing to family law issues,…

Family Law Corner Surrogate on the Hook for Child Support? The View from Pennsylvania Says No

Sherri Shepherd’s (The View) three-year fight to invalidate her surrogacy contract has established the law in Pennsylvania (In Re: Baby S.) on surrogacy contracts. The decision could not have come sooner for the gestational carrier, Jessica Bartholomew, a Pennsylvania resident.…

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

Minority Bar Coalition Honors Local Attorneys The following BASF members were recognized with Unity Awards on behalf of their Minority Bar Coalition bar association: Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area: Ted Ting, Bank of America; The Bar…

Bay Area Judges and Attorneys Plant a Future with Incarcerated Youth

Inspired by past BASF President Stephanie Skaff’s “It Starts with a Day,” and continued by 2015 BASF President Tim Moppin, Jeff Bornstein, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, and Cloey Hewlett, Nossaman, organized the third trip to Log Cabin Ranch School…

Morrison & Foerster Attorney Named Judge

BASF member Stephen Freccero, a partner at Morrison & Foerster, was recently appointed to a Marin County Superior Court judgeship by Governor Brown. He is scheduled to take office on January 4 and fills the position vacated in 2014 when…

Body-Worn Police Cameras Hot Topic in 2015

In January 2015, the BASF Board of Directors commissioned its Criminal Justice Task Force to examine current practices impacting racial bias and discrimination in the San Francisco criminal justice system. One of the task force’s subcommittees reviewed body camera protocols…

David Abella, Former Scholarship Recipient Pays it Forward with Second Chances

The Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship program demonstrates a commitment to advancing diversity in the legal profession. The program awards diverse first-year Bay Area law students with a $30,000 scholarship, over three years, based on…

Need Referrals? Join the San Francisco-Marin Lawyer Referral Service for Half the Price

With the start of a new year quickly approaching, why not try a new way to increase your revenue and grow your clientele? Join BASF’s SF-Marin Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS). January is the start of half-price membership time…

Lutheran Volunteer Corp Members Work to Bring Justice to Clients at HAP

Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) connects full-time stipended volunteers nationwide with nonprofit organizations to work for peace and justice. This month, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is pleased to spotlight Keeya Singer and Hannah Flanery, who work at JDC’s Homeless…

Keeping Up With Khloe’s Divorce

It was surprising when reality television star Khloe Kardashian and former NBA star Lamar Odom called off their divorce after Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel, apparently from a drug overdose. The divorce was all but finished when…

Meet BASF Member Lucas Huizar

BASF member Lucas Huizar is Head of Legal Affairs at CircleUp, an online marketplace that supports direct equity investments from investors to high-growth private consumer and retail companies. Huizar is a graduate of Stanford Law School and was previously Senior…

Destination Law School: Panelists Hope to Inspire Students to Attend Law School

More than 40 students attended two recent Destination Law School panel presentations, one at Mills College and the other at Berkeley College. The Mills College panelists included E. Venessa Henlon, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass; Peter Catalanotti, Manning, Kass, Ellrod,…

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