The Cybersecurity and Privacy Section is searching for new leaders for its Executive Committee! If you’re interested or know of attorneys who might be interested in serving on the executive committee, please let us know. The Executive Committee is responsible…
Staff Spotlight: Princess Bustos
For our February staff spotlight, we’re recognizing the tremendous work Princess Bustos has accomplished and continues to carry out with BASF. Bustos first began her journey with us over ten years ago as a Bi-lingual Legal Interviewer, Tagalog-English, with the…
February 2022 Members in the News
51 BASF Members of Farella + Braun Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Carly O. Alameda: Real Estate Law; George T. Argyris: Trusts and Estates; Jerome I. Braun: Appellate Law; Amy…
For Working Parents, Balance IS Possible!
As the debate over paid family leave swirls around as a “hot topic” debate in our country, this seemed like the most appropriate time to share my personal experience with being a working professional, a new mom, and trying to…
ABA Offers Tips for Effective Client-Lawyer Communications
On October 6, 2021, the American Bar Association issued Formal Opinion 500 addressing language access in the client-lawyer relationship. The Opinion notes: “Communication between a lawyer and a client is necessary for the client to participate effectively in the representation…
Sitting Where You Are Not Licensed
In California and most other jurisdictions, lawyers are allowed to temporarily sit and work in a jurisdiction where they are not licensed pursuant to certain restrictions. See California Rules of Court (CRC) Rule 9.40-9.49.1. However, if a lawyer overstays this…
January 2022 Members in the News
BASF Members Named Top Antitrust Lawyers 2021 by Daily Journal The following BASF members are recognized as 2021 Top Antitrust Lawyers by Daily Journal. They’re selected for being the leading attorneys specializing in plaintiffs, defense, and government antitrust work in…
Undocumented Immigrant Woman Seeks JDC’s Help to Escape Abusive Husband
Marisa (not her real name), is a client of the Justice and Diversity Center (JDC) of the Bar Association of San Francisco. She is a monolingual Spanish-speaker and is undocumented. Marisa survived physical and verbal abuse from her husband John…
Celebrating 150 Years of Raising the Bar
A welcome message from 2022 President Mary McNamara, and Yolanda Jackson, Executive Director and General Counsel At 150 years, we are one of the oldest bar association in the nation, older than 25% of the states in the union, and…
Conflict of Interest- Informed Written Consent
Conflicts of interest between current clients is an issue that warrants the constant attention of lawyers. The California Rules of Professional Conduct (CRPC) require the lawyer to obtain informed written consent from both clients if the lawyer is representing a…
Remote Work is Here to Stay and Here’s Why it Matters
In many workplaces across the country, lively in-person discussions have been replaced with distant online interactions. Instead of water cooler conversations and lunchroom banter, you now see coworkers bonding via Slack channels and Zoom calls. The shift from office work…
Why Your Law Firm Should Offer Legal Fee Financing to Clients
This article originally appeared on the LawPay blog. What if you could receive your full fee upfront at the beginning of an engagement while still giving your clients the ability to pay in installments? That’s what using an online payment…