Keeping Up With SEO and Social Media: January Roundup
With most of us already settling back into a post-holiday routine, there’s a 25% chance that even the most well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions have been abandoned. Fortunately, if your goal was to bone up on marketing knowledge and start growing your firm’s web presence there’s hope for you yet. Because, after a bit of December slacking, […]
Phone Scams Continue to be Serious Threat, Remain on IRS “Dirty Dozen” List of Tax Scams for the 2015 Filing Season
We’ve already had two scammers attempt to contact ACBA staff – don’t let yourself (or your clients) get caught off guard. (Reprinted from the IRS Newsroom. Original article may be found here.) IR-2015-05, Jan. 22, 2015 WASHINGTON — Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain near the top of the annual “Dirty […]
What we’re reading this week
We’ve compiled a short list of interesting articles from the past week to read at your leisure. What are the top contenders for your list? The 5 Most User-Hostile Microsoft Word Features Two Bay Area legislators introduced a right-to-die bill this week, bringing questions of how malpractice and competancy issues might be resolved: More States Considering Right-to-Die […]
Photos from the 2015 Installation and Distinguished Service Awards Reception
It was a lovely night at the Waterfront Hotel for the 2015 Installation and Distinguished Service Awards Reception. We honored award recipients Judge Kolakowski, Darryl Stallworth, Lauren Powe, GJELL, and the Alameda County Law Library, swore in the 2015 Board of Directors, and were inspired by the words of keynote speaker Lateefah Simon to be […]
Introducing the 2015 ACBA Board of Directors
The Alameda County Bar Association is proud to introduce you to its leadership for 2015, a diverse and talented group who give generously of their time and talent to the ACBA and the community. OFFICERS Toni Mims-Cochran, President Toni Mims-Cochran, of The Law Office of Toni Mims-Cochran, practices business litigation, family law, landlord/tenant litigation, and […]