Did you know that solo and small firm attorneys (offices with 1 to 9 attorneys) make up close to 20% of the entire BASF membership? “Solos and Smalls” are incredibly active with our organization and participate in various areas throughout…
Presiding Judges Cynthia Ming Mei Lee and John Stewart: Reflections and Plans for the Future
Judge Cynthia Ming-mei Lee was named presiding judge in the midst of the court funding crisis and massive layoffs in our Superior Court – 200 court employees and 11 Commissioners. Daunting. She quickly identified “three big ticket” items: reducing the…
#Handsup: Bay Area Public Defenders Stand in Solidarity
On December 18, 2014, hundreds of public defenders around the Bay Area held “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” rallies in support of racial justice and in solidarity with protesters in Ferguson and around the nation. San Francisco’s rally, organized by the Public Defender’s Racial…
Timothy Moppin Installed as 2015 President
Timothy Moppin, a partner at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, was officially installed as 2015 BASF President on December 10 at The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Annual Membership Luncheon and Installation of Officers. In his inaugural speech, Moppin highlighted some…
Ten Things You Don’t Know About Valerie Uribe
Valerie Uribe is President of the 2015 Barristers Club Board of Directors. She served as the co-diversity director for the Barristers Board of Directors in 2014. She plans to continue this mission and help further diversify the membership and leadership…
Untie & Unwind: Podcasts on Lawyers and their Hobbies
What do a cyclist, a fashion model, and an opera singer have in common? What ties a boxer, a magician, and an astronomer together?
They are all lawyers and guests on Richard Hsu’s new podcast series, Hsu Untied.
Interesting News from the World of Estate Planning
The 1855 Prenup for Women’s Rights In most mid-nineteenth-century American states, a married woman had little legal standing. For starters, she didn’t have the right to use her own name, as her identity was subsumed under her husband’s in the…
Legal Ethics: Some Thoughts On Issues Raised, But Not Resolved, By Cassel v. Superior Court
The Supreme Court in Cassel v. Superior Court (2011) 51 Cal.4th 113, 244 P.3d 1080, held that evidence of what occurred during or in preparation for mediation in a case is, pursuant to Evidence Code § 1115, et seq., inadmissible…
Yolanda Jackson Named Executive Director and General Counsel of BASF
BASF’s Board of Directors recently announced the hiring of its new Executive Director and General Counsel Yolanda Jackson. Jackson was previously BASF’s interim executive director, general counsel and diversity director. The executive director leads both The Bar Association of San…
“Keep Up With Your Divorce, or Kick It to the Curb,” Judge Tells Kardashian Sister
Keeping up with Khloe Kardashian’s divorce from NBA star Lamar Odom is not difficult as long as Odom refuses to respond to Kardashian’s Petition for Dissolution. However, ten months after Kardashian filed for divorce, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge…
With City Grant, JDC Welcomes New Homeless Advocacy Project Staff Attorney
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) happily welcomes Michael Spalding as a new Staff Attorney at its Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP). Spalding had been working as a temporary staff attorney at HAP since January. Through funding made possible through the…
5 Reasons To Attend the Labor and Employment Section’s Yosemite Conference
For years, the BASF Labor and Employment Section has held its annual conference in Yosemite, assembling many of the top labor and employment practitioners in the Bay Area (in fact, the country) for a weekend that combines expert CLE presentations,…