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Top Women Lawyers

May 17, 2013
By John Michael

The Daily Journal hosted a reception in Beverly Hills on May 8 for California's leading women lawyers. Joanne Lichtman, of Bak...


The Bar Association of San Francisco and the Marin County Bar Association have teamed up for an annual fundraising drive from ...



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Greenberg Traurig held its 6th Annual Women's Business Forum at The Beverly Hills Hotel on April 25. More than 150 guests, inc...


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Gala raises funds for LA foster children

May 11, 2013
By John Michael

The Court Appointed Special Advocates of Los Angeles hosted their first annual "Evening of Dreams Gala" to benefit foster chil...



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Champion for children

May 11, 2013
By John Michael

Northridge non profit Child and Family Guidance Center honored attorney Valerie Vanaman of Newman Aaronson Vanaman at the "Cha...


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Several hundred women gathered at the Renaissance San Francisco Stanford Court Hotel on May 4 for California Women Lawyers' an...



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Reed Smith hosts cycling event

May 11, 2013
By John Michael

Members of Reed Smith's Palo Alto office hosted the dZi Foundation's 2013 cycling fundraiser kickoff last week with a ride dow...


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Reading the forbidden fruit

May 11, 2013
By John Michael

In celebration of its 60th anniversary, PEN Center USA hosted "Forbidden Fruit: Readings From Banned Works of Literature" on S...



After a full day of panels and talks by criminal justice luminaries, four individuals were honored for their outstanding contr...


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OC judges honored

May 4, 2013
By John Michael

UC Irvine School of Law honored six Orange County federal judges on April 27 at its inaugural Public Service Awards Dinner. La...



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Cooley welcomes new partners

May 4, 2013
By John Michael

Cooley LLP hosted a welcome event for its new corporate partners, Kevin K. Rooney and Louis Lehot, on April 25 in the courtyar...


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Hogan Lovells partner Dean Hansell was awarded the first Founders Award from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation...



Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Women Lawyers Group hosted, in conjunction with Step Up Women's Network, 50 high...


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Chile's Minister of Justice Patricia Pérez Goldberg addressed 226 graduates from California Western School of Law at a ceremon...



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San Diego-based Higgs Fletcher & Mack provided a $3,500 scholarship to California Western School of Law student Thomas Wan...


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Rutan & Tucker alumni recognized

May 4, 2013
By John Michael

Rutan & Tucker LLP hosted an alumni reception on April 26 to honor past and present attorneys at the Orange County-based l...



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In early April, Los Angeles held its ninth annual Mediation Awareness Week. Participants highlighted the importance and value ...


The Center for Civic Mediation posthumously awarded the Louis M. Brown Conflict Prevention Award to the late U.S. Ambassador J...



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The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association held its 38th annual installation and awards banquet on April 5 at the Emp...


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California's Top IP Lawyers honored

Apr. 20, 2013
By John Michael

The Daily Journal hosted a reception Wednesday for California's best intellectual property lawyers. The event, at the Rosewood...



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Nina Shaw, founding partner at Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano, was honored as 2013 Entertainment Lawyer...


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Fabulous women of finance reunite

Apr. 20, 2013
By John Michael

The Fabulous Women of Finance networking group gathered on April 2 at downtown's Drago Centro to drink wine and meet fellow wo...



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Honoring volunteers

Apr. 20, 2013
By John Michael

The Bar Association of San Francisco's Justice and Diversity Center celebrated volunteers at an annual appreciation party on A...


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The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County celebrated its 15th anniversary installation dinner at the Lo...



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The Friends of the Los Angeles County Law Library presented their annual Beacon of Justice Award to Judge Lee Smalley Edmon, f...


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South Asian Bar Association holds gala

Apr. 13, 2013
By John Michael

Members and friends of the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California convened in downtown Los Angeles in March to cel...



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Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson visited Thurgood Marshall Academic High School in San Francisco as pa...


From left: Pasadena Mayor Bob Bogaard, Foothill Unity Center executive director Betty McWilliams and lawyer Donald P. Schweitz...



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Ballard Spahr hosts housing conference

Apr. 6, 2013
By John Michael

Ballard Spahr LLP along with CSG Advisors held its 3rd Annual Western Housing Conference on March 22 at the Hyatt Regency Cent...


From left: Sharon F. Rubalcava, partner at Alston & Bird; Jacqueline Caster, director at Everychild Foundation; Sandra Phi...