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Message from BALIF Co-Chairs
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Greetings!
In our last Co-Chair Statement, I bid a fond adieu to Co-Chair Chelsea HaleyNelson. In this week's Statement, I'm delighted to introduce you to our newly elected female Co-Chair -- the incomparable Jamie Dupree. When I tapped Jamie to sign a Release and Waiver for her "It Gets Better" video, she wanted to make sure BALIF wouldn't use her name and likeness to "sell toothpaste or something like that." Right then, I knew we would be friends. BTW: See her amazing story here. To me, "James" is friend, confidante, leader, drinking buddy, visionary, witty goofball, ex-cheerleader, and make-it-happen executor all rolled into one. (Did I mention that she's also hilarious?)  Jamie has served as BALIF's Gala Co-Chair for the past two years, and has been responsible for securing sponsorships from the dozens of law firms that support BALIF and our Gala. She's also been an amazing cheerleader for the numerous other events that BALIF puts on. Last year, Jamie offered to buy tickets for every law students interested in attending the Lesbian Comedy Night! Jamie's goals as BALIF Co-Chair this year are laser focused. She's getting our 501(c)(3) non-profit organization status off the ground. And she's jumpstarting networking opportunities to help BALIF members become rainmakers. Here are some other interesting tidbits about Jamie that you might not know.
- Married Patty Frontiera in October 2008, just before the Prop 8 election, after 12-years of bliss
- Proud mommy to Jonah (7) and Zachary (4 1/2).
- Two favorite things in the world: (1) spending time with her boys; and (2) having a break from spending time with her boys.
- Until she gave birth, the hardest thing she had ever done was hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back out.
- Has traveled to Legoland each of the past three years.
- Founded her own firm in August 1998.
- Favorite obsession - finding a larger house in Piedmont, or renovating current house.
Want to know more about Jamie? Read her "What I've Learned" article here. Welcome, Jamie. We're so, so proud and privileged to have you onboard!
On Lu BALIF Board Co-Chair
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Pride Law Fund Bay Cruise
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Please join the Pride Law Fund on June 1, 2013 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM for the Second Annual Pride Law Fund Bay Cruise. Spend the evening with friends, colleagues aboard the USS Potomac. Also known as the "Floating White House," of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We will be tasting wine, enjoying scrumptious hors d'oeuvres and live music. All proceeds will benefit the important work of Pride Law Fund.
Early bird tickets available now. Click here! All Aboard!!!
Pride Law Fund promotes the legal rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, and people living with HIV and AIDS, by funding legal services and projects and by sponsoring education and outreach. Pride Law Fund has assisted innovative academic programs, supported the development and distribution of legal and educational materials, and financed independent and documentary film projects to educate the public.
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ACC Diversity Committee Program
Panel Presentation & Reception
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"Being Out and In-House in 2013: Perspectives of LGBT In-House Counsel" A Panel Presentation & Reception
The panel will discuss LGBT-related diversity and inclusion issues within the legal department and the corporation.
Panelists:
Adam Cohn, Director, Legal, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Chester Day, Managing Litigation Counsel, Google Inc.
Hilary Ware, Associate General Counsel, Netflix, Inc.
Derek J. Windham, Associate General Counsel, Del Monte Corporation
Erica Worthington, Patent Counsel, Strategic IP, Qualcomm, Inc.
Moderated by Bobbie Wilson, Perkins Coie LLP
Tuesday, June 11th (San Francisco)
5:30- 8:30 pm
Office of Perkins Coie LLP
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 2400
San Francisco, California
Contact: David Tsai (415-344-7000)
REGISTER NOW!
Admission for this event is FREE, but you must register online.
LGBT Law Student Organization members are also invited to attend FREE!!!
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Minority Bar Coalition Joint Bar Association Happy Hour Mixer
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Come meet members of our sister minority bar organizations in a relaxed and informal setting. Appetizers will be provided!
June 12, 2013
5:30-8:30 pm
111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna Street (at 2nd Street)
San Francisco, CA
RSVP here!
Co-sponsored by the Asian American Prosecutors Association, California Minority Counsel Program, La Raza Lawyers, Minority Bar Coalition, Women Lawyers of Alameda County, Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California, Black Women Lawyers Association of Northern California, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, Thai American Bar Association, Korean American Bar Association of Northern California, and Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers' Association.
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National LGBT Bar Association Honors Our Own Andrew Vu!
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On Thursday, June 13, 2013, the National LGBT Bar Association will honor BALIF Board member Andrew Vu, Senior Associate General Counsel of Walmart Global eCommerce, at its Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award Reception.
Slide Lounge
430 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA
6:00-8:00 pm
The Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award Receptions give LGBT legal professionals and their straight allies the opportunity to honor distinguished colleagues who have worked hard to increase LGBT diversity awareness in the corporate office and in the community. These receptions provide a business casual environment for corporate counsel of all levels to gather and network toward the betterment of diversity in the legal profession.
This is a ticketed event. All corporate counsel receive complimentary tickets courtesy of the LGBT Bar. To RSVP, please email Kelly@lgbtbar.org.
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BALIF Judicial Plebiscite for
Judge Ioana Petrou
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All Members should have now received instructions to participate in BALIF's Plebiscite to endorse Alameda Superior Court Judge Ioana Petrou for Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District. Please be sure to VOTE!
Please contact balif@balif.org if you did not receive your online ballot. Please also be sure to check your spam / junk folder as many of our ballots end up there!
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Open Seats on the
WLAC Board of Directors
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There are currently open seats on the Women Lawyers of Alameda County (WLAC) Board of Directors. Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest and resume to president@wlaconline.org before Saturday, June 1, 2013 for consideration. Voting will take place on June 6th and candidates will be contacted soon thereafter.
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Dan Dean Running for
State Bar Board of Trustees (District 1)
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All attorneys who have their office in District 1 can vote. District 1 includes San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma counties.
Dan Dean Candidate Statement: I would appreciate your vote for the Board of Trustees. If elected, I will bring a well-rounded perspective to the position. I have been a civil trial attorney in San Francisco for 20 years. I represent plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of areas, such as personal injury, employment, medical malpractice, construction defect and business litigation. I have a strong commitment to community service. For three years I was an AIDS volunteer at California Pacific Medical Center where I visited patients with AIDS-related illnesses once a week. For seven years I was a volunteer at AIDS Health Project where I facilitated weekly support groups for HIV positive and negative men. I was a board member for four years and the co-chair for two years of the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (the nation's oldest LGBT bar association.) I was the co-chair of the Minority Bar Coalition for two years. I am a past board member of the Bar Association of San Francisco. I am currently on the board of my law school, the University of San Francisco School of Law. For the past six years, I have been a Judge Pro Tem at San Francisco Superior Court (traffic and small claims.) I look forward to contributing my time, skills and passion to the State Bar as a member of the Board of Trustees. Thank you for your consideration.
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ALRP Free Spring 2013 MCLE Trainings
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Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment
- Wednesday, May 29, 5:30-7:00pm
- Presented by David Mann, Esq., The Other Bar
- Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA 94111
- 1.5 Substance Abuse CLE Credits
Immigrant Eligibility for Health Care and Public Benefits in California
- Tuesday, June 4, 5:30-7:00pm
- Presented by Tanya Broder, Esq., National Immigration Law Center
- Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA 94111
- 1.5 General CLE Credits
Restraining Orders
- Tuesday, June 18, 5:30-7:00pm
- Presented by Russell Goodrow, Esq., Law Offices of Russell Goodrow
- Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA 94111
- 1.5 General CLE Credits
Ellis Act Evictions
- Tuesday, June 25, 5:30-7:00pm
- Presented by Raquel Fox, Esq., Tenderloin Housing Clinic
- Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA 94111
- 1.5 General CLE Credits
To RSVP:
Email:
trainingsvlsp@sfbar.org
Or Call
415-782-9000 ext. 8651
Click here for the ALRP Flyer!
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Marriage Equality USA Awards Reception
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Marriage Equality USA is excited to announce its first annual fundraiser and awards reception in San Francisco! The event will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 from 6-8:30 p.m. at Chambers Eat + Drink, 601 Eddy Street. We will honor community and corporate leaders who have assisted our community in this historical fight forward. The reception will feature drinks, light food, a silent auction, and we're very pleased to announce that we will be honoring Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and his amazing staff, and Bingham McCutchen LLP! MEUSA is also seeking firms who would be interested in corporate sponsorship and individuals who would like to be Event Captains.
Further details and information can be found here: http://www.marriageequality.org/SF-Awards
Please also feel free to email BALIF member and co-organizer for the event, Zack Lyons: zack@kaplanandpartners.com
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California Employment Lawyers' Association Diversity Summit
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June 10, 2013
10:30 am - 3:15 pm
(Registration 10:00 - 10:30 am)
Hastings College of Law
200 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
PANELS:
- The Faces of Diverse leadership: Paths Taken, Stories Told
- Diversity in the Employment Bar: Overcoming Bias
FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
The Honorable Edward M. Chen - Northern District of California
Co-sponsored by:
Asian Law Caucus, Berkeley Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law, UC Hastings
College of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law, Stanford Law School, UC Davis School of Law, Berkeley
Journal of Employment and Labor Law, SFTLA Diversity Committee, BALIF, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
Funded by a grant from the Labor & Employment Law Section of the State Bar of California
PLEASE RSVP to info@cela.org
Click here to view the flyer of the event!
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Announcing Reed Smith's
2013 Diverse Scholars Program
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The National LGBT Bar Association is pleased to present Reed Smith's 2013 Diverse Scholars Program. Reed Smith has a strong commitment to diversity which has resulted in a firm in which diversity and inclusion permeate the culture. Rewarding young future leaders for their efforts in the area of diversity and introducing them to the Reed Smith culture are two important goals of this program.
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BASF's Mind the Gap Program:
Mentors Needed!
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This new exciting initiative called "Mind the Gap" (MTG) is to provide recent law school graduates and young attorneys who are unemployed or underemployed with training, work experience, mentorship connections and debt reduction information. BASF is looking for attorneys to serve as mentors to MTG participants. A mentorship Listserv consisting of MTG participants and interested mentors will be created where mentees can post questions and mentors can respond with answers and general advice.
If you are interested in becoming an MTG mentor, please email mindthegapmentor@sfbar.org.
For more information, please visit www.sfbar.org/mind-the-gap.
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Join the BALIF Listserv!
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Have a job or need one? Civil procedure question? Need a
referral? Have something important to ask ... or news to tell? Want to get to our members quickly? Join our Listserv!
BALIF members should have received our invitation to join our newly-created Listserv. You must proactively respond to the request in order to be added to our Listserv. If you didn't get a request, please let us know by emailing technology@balif.org or balif@balif.org.
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We Want Your BALIFBuzz
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We all love that section in our alumni newsletters that talks about who's doing what.
Well, we're introducing the BALIFBuzz to show-off all the great things that our members are doing. BALIFBuzz will be appearing in the weekly BALIF newsletter.
New job?
New client?
Promotion?
Court victory?
Significant settlement?
Baby on the way?
Recently married or engaged?
Speaking engagement?
Award, recognition, certification, or degree?
Or anything else you're excited about...
Keep it to one or two lines. Please send to membership@balif.org.
Can't wait to hear your great news!
Lauri Bertolacci
BALIF Membership Chair
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Job Postings Now on BALIF Website
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All job postings can be found here!
BALIF membership is required to view the job postings. Simply log into the BALIF website with your membership ID and password, and select the JOBS from the menu on the left.
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June 1 - Pride Law Fund Bay Cruise
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June 11 - ACC Diversity Committee Program Presentation & Reception
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June 12 - MBC Joint Bar Association Happy Hour Mixer
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June 13 - National LGBT Honors Andrew Vu
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June 30 - BALIF / Jones Day Pride Parade Breakfast
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On Lu & Jamie Dupree
Elizabeth Pritzker & Andrew Vu
Nick Kacprowski
Amicus Chair
David Helmer & Midori Hirai
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Partner Level
        
Advocate Level
A.L. Nella & Company, CPAs
Bingham McCutcheon LLP
Cooley LLP
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Huron Legal
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
O'Melveny & Meyers LLP
Orrick
Perkins Cole LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Santa Clara University School of Law
Sheppard Mullin
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Benefactor Level
AT&T Legal Department
Clarence, Dyer & Cohen LLP / Swanson & McNamara LLP
Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP
Gibson Dunn
Jackson Lewis LLP
JAMS
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Littler Mendelson
Mount, Spelman & Fingerman
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Neilson & MacRitchie Investigators
Office of the California Attorney General
Jennifer & Meredith Orthwein
Paul Hastings
Pritzker Law
Reed Smith LLP
Robert Half Legal
Roeca Hass Hager LLP
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld
San Francisco City Attorney's Office
San Francisco District Attorney's Office
Schiff Hardin LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Special Counsel
Stein & Lubin LLP
Turner Boyd
University of San Francsico School of Law
Wald & Thorndal P.C.
Wells Fargo
Individual Sponsors
Peter C. Catalanotti, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Michael Colantuono, Colantuono & Levin, P.C.
Todd Norris, Bullivant Houser Bailey
Debra R. Schoenberg, Schoenberg Family Law Group, P.C.
Cheryl Sena, Sena Family Law
Jonathan Shapiro, Wilmer Hale
Hon. James L. Warren (Ret.), JAMS
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