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Top Women Lawyers
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...
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San Francisco and Marin County bar associations join for annual food drive
By John Michael
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 gathers women for annual confab
By John Michael
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
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
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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California Women Lawyers host annual conference in San Francisco
By John Michael
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
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
By John Michael
In celebration of its 60th anniversary, PEN Center USA hosted "Forbidden Fruit: Readings From Banned Works of Literature" on S...
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Fidler Institute honors four, hears from legendary defense attorney Judy Clarke
By John Michael
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
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
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 receives award from GLAAD for service
By John Michael
Hogan Lovells partner Dean Hansell was awarded the first Founders Award from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation...
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Sheppard Mullin hosts event for high school girls with Step Up Women's Network
By John Michael
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Women Lawyers Group hosted, in conjunction with Step Up Women's Network, 50 high...
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Chilean minister gives speech to Cal Western
By John Michael
Chile's Minister of Justice Patricia Pérez Goldberg addressed 226 graduates from California Western School of Law at a ceremon...
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Law student wins scholarship from Higgs Fletcher & Mack
By John Michael
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
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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Los Angeles holds awareness week to highlight mediation
By John Michael
In early April, Los Angeles held its ninth annual Mediation Awareness Week. Participants highlighted the importance and value ...
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Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens honored by Center for Civic Mediation
By John Michael
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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Lawyers association holds awards banquet and installation ceremony
By John Michael
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
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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Beverly Hills Bar honors Entertainment Lawyer of the Year
By John Michael
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
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
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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Asian Pacific bar association celebrates 15th anniversary
By John Michael
The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County celebrated its 15th anniversary installation dinner at the Lo...
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Edmon and Burdge given Beacon of Justice Award
By John Michael
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
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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Judge Thelton Henderson speaks with high school about the law
By John Michael
Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson visited Thurgood Marshall Academic High School in San Francisco as pa...
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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
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...
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Alston & Bird LLP honors women of distinction at its annual reception
By John Michael
From left: Sharon F. Rubalcava, partner at Alston & Bird; Jacqueline Caster, director at Everychild Foundation; Sandra Phi...