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Message from the BALIF Board
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Greetings!
I bet many of you are still looking for that perfect gift for your loved ones, so I'll keep it short.
I hope you had a fantastic time last week at our Holiday Party. I know I did. And while we have many things in the works for the next couple of months, just wanted to make sure you keep Friday, March 13, 2015 open for our annual BALIF Gala: Celebrating 35 Years! More information will be forthcoming so keep on the lookout!
Happy Holidays!
Mario Choi
BALIF Treasurer & Gala Co-Chair
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Pride Law Fund Gay Ski Day
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Please join Pride Law Fund and the Bay Area Ski Bus for Gay Ski Day at Squaw Valley Resort on Saturday, January 31, 2015. Buses will leave from SF and Walnut Creek in the morning and will return that night for a fun-filled day of snow adventures (including downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and hot-chocolate drinking by the fire).
Register for Gay Ski Day online at: http://bit.ly/1dPCCus
Proceeds benefit legal services and advocacy for the LGBT community in the Bay Area and beyond!
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BALIFBuzz
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Lauren Pietsch
Sally Morin Law congratulates Lauren Pietsch for passing the California Bar Exam and welcomes her to the firm as an associate attorney. The firm is excited to have Lauren aboard to help their awesome clients with pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle and auto accident cases.
David Fermino
Congratulations to David Fermino, BALIF member and a Partner at Sideman & Bancroft, who was appointed to serve on 2015 JNE Commission. His term will begin in January.
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Office Sublet Available
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Light-filled window office (12' x 12.5') is available for sublease on the 6th Floor in 150 Post, a Class B Building renovated to the level of Class A, and located across from Gumps, between Kearny and Grant. Suite has A/C controlled by tenants, AND large operable windows. Perfect for lawyer or other professional. Full-time visitor reception, shared use of large conference room, copier/scanner, kitchen with dishwasher, and Wi-Fi. Please contact Boone Callaway at 415-541-0300 or via email
The Office will be available January 1, 2015.
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Follow BALIF on Twitter!
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BALIF's twitter feed is up and running. Follow us to see BALIF news, event info, #ThrowbackThursday posts, and more. Just click the Twitter button in the right hand column of the newsletter or here.
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Uber Discount for BALIF Members
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Request a ride with the push of a button! Uber is offering new users $20 off your first ride. Text BALIF to 827-222. You can also sign up at uber.com/go/BALIF and download the app for Android, Blackberry, or iPhone. Then sit back and enjoy the magic of Uber, everyone's private driver. (Valid for new users only, TAXI excluded). |
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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!
Meaghan Zore
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 must be current to view the job postings. Simply log into the BALIF website with your membership ID and password, and select JOBS from the menu on the left.
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Jamie Dupree & John Robert Unruh
Andrew Vu &
Lilah Sutphen
Dmitri Pikman & Felicia Medina Brandon Lawrence Denise Bergin
Joseph Rocha & Midori Hirai
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Senior Partner Level
Partner Level
      
Advocate Level
A.L. Nella & Company, CPAs
AT&T
Bingham McCutchen
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Jones Day
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Nixon Peabody LLP
O'Melveny & Meyers LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Santa Clara University School of Law
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Benefactor Level
Clarence, Dyer & Cohen LLP / Swanson & McNamara LLP
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
FTI Consulting
Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Golden Gate University
HaleyNelson & Heilbrun LLP
Heath Newton LLP
HendricksMurry, P.C.
Jackson Lewis LLP
JAMS
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Littler Mendelson
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
Pritzker Law
Reed Smith LLP
Roeca Hass Hager LLP
San Francisco City Attorney's Office
San Francisco District Attorney's Office
Schiff Hardin LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Special Counsel
Stein & Lubin LLP
Individual Sponsors
Altep, Inc.
Todd Norris, Bullivant Houser Bailey
Michael Colantuono, Colantuono & Levin, P.C.
Peter C. Catalanotti, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Debra R. Schoenberg, Schoenberg Family Law Group, P.C.
Cheryl Sena, Sena Family Law
Judge Vaughn Walker ADR/Law Office Vaughn R Walker
Hon. James L. Warren (Ret.), JAMS
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP |
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