Abe Lincoln’s Thoughts on Lawyers
The ACBA is closed today in remembrance of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. One of our nation’s most famous lawyers, President Lincoln held a strong reverence for the law. From humble beginnings as a self-taught “prairie lawyer” in Illinois, to arguing before Congress against slavery and for economic modernization as President of the United States, Abraham […]
ACBA Members in the News
ACBA Members are going places! Daniel J. Schacht has been promoted to partner at Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP. Carl Ciochon, of Wendel Rosen Black and Dean LLP, was elected to the City CarShare Board of Directors. Alison Tucher of Morrison Foerster and Ursula Jones Dickson of the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office were appointed to the Alameda […]
February Upcoming Events
Here’s what is on the calendar for February at the ACBA Case Interrupted: What to Do When Your Client Dies Trusts & Estates Section co-sponsored with CEB Date: February 20, 2014 Time: 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM Although you hope that it never happens, clients do die unexpectedly during the course of litigation. In the […]
This Week in Pictures
What was going on this week at the ACBA? We’ll let the photos do the talking.
Taxpayer Friendly Legislation from Sacramento
There were two welcome tax changes from the California State Legislature and Governor Jerry Brown late in 2013: California Qualified Small Business Stock First, a court decision had declared California rules about “qualified small business stock” (QSBS) unconstitutional, because the rules had limited the QSBS benefits only to corporations with significant California connections. QSBS benefits […]