5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
Each year during the week of April 22, thousands of Alameda County residents take to the streets, local parks, creeks and auditoriums to advocate for a healthy, sustainable environment. Earth Day is an opportunity to highlight the most pressing environmental issues and to volunteer your time to help keep our most precious shared resource clean and healthy. […]
What we’re reading this week
Interesting article on watching unconscious bias, micro-inequities, and social isolation to promote diversity and inclusion in your firm: Best Practices for Integrating Diverse and Women Laterals Q&A with Ninth Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown: Ninth Circuit’s M. Margaret McKeown Glenn Rawdon’s White House tech speech: 100% access to “some form of effective assistance” to people unable to […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Robert Chang
Robert Chang went to Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and has been practicing since 2011. He is currently an Associate Attorney at Kostopoulos Law Group, P.C. and practices primarily Bankruptcy Law. Robert is licensed to practice in the Northern District of California, and has filed Chapter 7 and 13 cases in the counties of Santa […]
Our Members Making Headlines
Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP announced the addition of Associates Katherine Kao and Jason M. Horst to its Litigation Group. Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP also elected former ACBA Board President Richard P. Waxman as its new managing partner. Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP, founded in 1918, and Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP, founded in 1883, announced the merger […]
Donor Spotlight: Les Hausrath
Les Hausrath is a partner at Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean where his practice focuses on eminent domain issues, real estate, and land use disputes. He is also a long-time supporter of VLSC, donating through our annual Holiday campaign and to our silent auction. We asked Les to tell us a little bit about himself […]