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LRIS Panel Attorneys Give Their Time to Educate the Public

Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) Labor Relations panel attorney Jeremy Pasternak, Law Offices of Jeremy D. Pasternak, recently provided an overview of Wage and Hour law to the San Francisco Legal Professionals Association. LRIS Intellectual Property Rights attorney Mark Pearson recently engaged members of the San Francisco…
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Child Abduction Warnings and Pitfalls: The Fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez

Child abduction is the ultimate act of parental alienation and child abuse. According to the Department of Justice, each year more than 200,000 children become victims. Children who are abducted, whether by a person unknown to the child or by…
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Legal Community Exceeds Goals in Annual Drive for San Francisco-Marin Food Bank

The Bar Association of San Francisco and the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank celebrated a record-breaking annual Food From the Bar Campaign at an awards ceremony at One Market Restaurant on July 21. Food from the Bar is the legal community’s annual fundraising drive to benefit the San Francisco…
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Housing Negotiation Project Volunteer Works to Save Low-Income Clients’ Homes

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) recognizes Hope Greenhill as our Volunteer of the Month for her work with JDC’s Housing Negotiation Project, the limited-scope pro bono opportunity of the Eviction Defense Project. Greenhill has been volunteering with JDC since 2008, and currently works as a contract program…
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Legal Ethics Corner: Legal Malpractice Statute of Limitations Does Not Apply to Claims Based on Misappropriation of Client Funds

In Lee v. Hanley, 174 Cal.Rptr.3d 489 (2014), the Court of Appeal recently held that the legal malpractice statute of limitations does not necessarily bar a former client’s complaint against her attorney alleging the attorney refused to return unearned legal fees. The former client claimed that her…
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Lawyer Referral and Information Service Expands to Marin County

BASF recently announced the expansion of its Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) into Marin County. Residents and businesses can benefit from quality referrals to experienced, local attorneys in Marin through this award winning, State Bar of California-certified referral program. In the wake of the Marin County Bar Association’s…
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How To Succeed In Law By Really Trying

This article was first published in the San Francisco Attorney magazine. See the original article here: http://www.sfbar.org/forms/sfam/q32012/pres-report-succeed-in-law-by-really-trying.pdf   Over the course of my career, I have been fortunate to be surrounded by talented, energetic young lawyers. When I was starting out, those peers served as role models…
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