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Message from the BALIF Board
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Tis the season to give thanks (and to spend). But, given all that has happened in the past year, what is there to be thankful for?
Personally, I am thankful for my family and friends, who have supported me through times that mattered least as well as in times that mattered most. I am thankful that I am relatively(!) healthy as are the people around me. I am also thankful to live in and be a part of such a thriving and accepting community that is San Francisco.
And, I am thankful to be a part of a profession that defends against injustice and upholds the rights and freedoms for all.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely
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Mario Choi
BALIF Board Treasurer
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November's Pups for Pups'
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The Pups for Pups' Beer Bust Fundraiser (11/05) at the SF Eagle raised over $1,500 benefiting Napa Community Animal Response Team. Napa CART has been assisting North Bay fire evacuees meet their animal needs. A big Thank You to Mr-S-Leather & Utah's Hogle Zoo for providing amazing raffle prizes, and Newfangled Foods for cooking up vegan pulled-pork sandwiches. And thank you to over 100 people for attending!
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BALIF December Happy Hour
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Join BALIF for our December Happy Hour and a Mock Tail!!
When:
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Time: 6 - 8pm
Where: Mock Tails at the Castro Country Club
4058 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114
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BALIF Partner Exchange -
Monday, December 11, 2017 and save the date for future months!
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When:
Monday, December 11, 2017
, and
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Where: San Francisco City Club (155 Sansome, 10th Floor)
What: Gourmet buffet lunch with other partners and firm owners
Cost: $55 payable by cash or check only
BALIF has created the BALIF Partner Exchange to bring together our members that are looking to network and exchange business and ideas. This event is exclusively for BALIF members who are partners or owners of their firm with 7 years or more of experience.
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BALIF Holiday Party! Save the date!
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Join us for our annual holiday party and ring in some holiday cheer!!
When:
December 14, 2017
6:00- 9:00 pm
Where:
The Stud Bar
399 9th St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
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TLC is now accepting applications for the third cohort of Legal Information Helpline response volunteers!
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The Helpline is our largest legal services project, providing legal information and resources to over 2000 transgender community members and their families a year across many areas, including employment, health care, housing, civil rights, immigration, prisoners' rights, and identity document changes.
If you are looking for a way to empower trans community members to advocate for themselves by expanding access to critical legal information, I hope you'll consider joining us to keep this vital program going.
The program is designed with busy lawyers in mind: we will provide you with training, access to our extensive database of information and resources, and ongoing support from TLC staff and the community of fellow volunteers.
Simply answer at least 10 questions a month for three months (this generally comes to a few hours a week), working from your own computer and on your own schedule. You can select which questions to respond to, based on your interest, expertise, and capacity.
If you would like to get involved, please fill out this form: https://tlcenter.box.com/s/121morf4f8cg1erx6ni3plf3nad6m6ry and return it to me (Ian Anderson) at [email protected] whenever you have the chance. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at the same address.
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The AIDS Legal Referral Panel
FREE Fall 2017
MCLE Training Programs
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To RSVP
Call: 415-701-1200 ext. 303
Experts in Bad Faith Insurance Cases - Selection, Use, Scope of Testimony and Strategies
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Thursday, November 30, 5:15-6:45pm - 1.5 General CLE Credits
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Presented by Guy Kornblum, Esq. - Kornblum Cochran Erickson & Harbison LLP (kcehlaw.com)
Representing LGBTQ Clients in Immigration Court
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Tuesday, December 5, 5:30-7:00pm - 1.5
Elimination of Bias
CLE Credit
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Presented by Gam Galindo, Esq. - Galindo & Associates, P.C. (gamgalindolaw.com)
Mediation Strategies that Work for Your Client and YOU!
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Thursday, December 7, 5:15-6:45pm - 1.5 General CLE Credits
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Presented by Guy Kornblum, Esq. - Kornblum Cochran Erickson & Harbison LLP (kcehlaw.com)
Asylum Claims for LGBTQ and HIV+ Clients
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Tuesday, December 12, 5:30-7:00pm - 1.5
Elimination of Bias
CLE Credit
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Presented by Jose Z. Marin, Esq. - Jose Marin Law
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API Legal Outreach
Annual Dinner Committee Meeting and Reception
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The Board of API Legal Outreach is hosting an Annual Dinner Committee Meeting and Reception in the Minami Tamaki office on Monday 11/27 starting at 6pm. The purpose is to recruit lawyers (particularly associates at firms), law students, and other interested folks to join our dinner committee for specific tasks such as sponsorship outreach, auction, or however they want to help out. It will also be a chance for them to meet & greet with the dinner committee and board members.
Please join us if you can, and invite friends/contacts who might be good for our dinner committee! We will be serving drinks and snacks.
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Giving to the BALIF Foundation
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Please consider making a tax deductible donation to the BALIF Foundation. The Foundation recently launched and is working to assist BALIF in bringing LGBT judges to the bench and supporting scholarships, stipends and fellowships for law students and attorneys working in the LGBTQ community.
You can donate here. In the four years ahead, we believe the Foundation's work will be critical in helping to protect our community.
For more information about the BALIF Foundation or how to get involved, contact Jamie Dupree
[email protected].
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BALIF & The BALIF Foundation
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BALIF is the Bay Area's LGBT Bar Association, which is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit, which can engage in political activity. Its Board members are elected by the BALIF membership and chair various committees of the BALIF bar association.
The BALIF Foundation is BALIF's charitable arm. Donations to the BALIF Foundation are tax deductible because it is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The BALIF Foundation is dedicated to increasing the number of LGBT judges on the bench through educational programming, supporting LGBT community organizations, and providing scholarships, summer stipends, and fellowships for LGBT law students and young attorneys seeking to help the LGBT community through legal work. It gave its inaugural summer fellowship for the summer of 2017.
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Job Postings Now on BALIF Website
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Looking for a job or a law school internship? As a BALIF member you get access to all job postings. Click
here to see the opportunities, or log into the
BALIF website with your membership ID and password, and select JOBS on the menu on the left.
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Partner Level
Counsel Level
Advocate Level
A.L. Nella & Co., CPA
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jones Day
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Pacific Gas & Electric
Sanford Heisler, LLP
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Uber
Weaver, Austin, Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
Wells Fargo Legal Specialty Private Bank
White & Case LLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Benefactor Level
Individual Sponsors
Steven Medeiros, ACLU of Northern California
Joanna Barron, ADR Services
Jeremy Sousa, Altep
Susan Bluer, Bluer & Bluer
C. Todd Norris, Bullivant Houser Bailey P.C.
Laurie Klimchock, CAOC
Michael Colantuono, Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC
Jim Laufenberg, Coldwell Banker
Peter Borkon, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
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Nyla Moujaes & Peter Catalanotti
Jamie Dupree
Stephan Ferris
Jaclyn Gross & Kevin Jones
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BALIF Foundation
Board of Directors
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Jamie Dupree, Chair
Shay Gilmore
Chelsea HaleyNelson, Secretary
Laura Maechtlen
Nina Paul
Linda Scaparotti
David Tsai
John Unruh, Treasurer
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