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Legal Writing Tip: Usage Guideline for Quotations

Quotation marks set off quoted or spoken language. Here are some usage guidelines: Periods and commas go inside quotation marks, including single quotation marks. She said, “Bill said, ‘I don’t think we should see each other anymore.’” Colons, semicolons and…

Business Development: Be Strategic

The Legal Marketing Association – Bay Area Chapter recently presented, “Putting Business Development to Work for You and Your Firm.” The seminar, exploring the broad topic of business development, featured: David Adams, founder and principal of Revenue Wise; Kelly Brown,…

Is Keeping Ex-Wife Off Reality TV a Motive in Steve Nash’s Objection?

Usually, when one parent wants to move with the children closer to the other parent who lives out of state, the out-of-state parent has no objection. However, Steve Nash of the L.A. Lakers is objecting. Nash and his ex-wife, Alejandra…

BASF’s Commitment to Gideon

It should come as no surprise that a “Civil Gideon” pilot project is the brainchild of The Bar Association of San Francisco and two of its former Presidents, Jim Brosnahan, Morrison & Foerster, and Jim Donato, Shearman & Sterling, in…

Fee Disputes Committee Still Going Strong After More Than 30 Years

The Bar Association of San Francisco has always emphasized the importance of giving back to the community. BASF would like to recognize a particular group of attorneys who are great examples of exceptional service and dedication: the Executive Committee for…

African American Partners and Associates Reception

The Bar Association of San Francisco Charles Houston Bar Association Bay Area Black Partners Group California Association of Black Lawyers Black Women Lawyers of Northern California cordially invite you to attend their African American Partners and Associates Reception Welcoming African…

Lawyer Referral & Information Service Serves 50,000 Every Year

Equality Committee Keeps Busy In April with Happy Hour and “Marriage on Trial” Panel Discussion

BASF’s inaugural Equality Committee Happy Hour took place on April 16 and was hosted by Keker & Van Nest. The gathering was a wonderful opportunity for guests to mingle with committee leaders and to learn more about BASF’s diversity opportunities…

Homeless Advocacy Project and the Holistic Approach

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Judges Reception

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Legal Writing Tip: All Too Common Usage Mistakes

Watching Magic Johnson’s famous press conference, I was stunned that no one vetted his remarks before he announced he’d “attained” the HIV virus. To attain refers to something you achieve – he’d meant contracted or acquired. Around that same time,…

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