The late San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee was a tireless fan, participant and advocate for sporting events and their role in building healthy communities and vibrant economies. He was all the more enthusiastic when events such as his San Francisco Mayor’s Cup Golf Tournament, which ran from 2012 to 2017, could also benefit charities dear […]
Boxer & Gerson’s office in the stately Rotunda Building at Frank H Ogawa Plaza welcomed some 50 members of the East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association (EBLRLA) at an annual mixer on September 6. The event brought together attorneys, judges and law students in the EBLRLA community for after-hours networking and social interaction in the firm’s […]
Employing a student intern from the Youth Law Academy (YLA) program at Oakland-based advocacy organization Centro Legal de la Raza has become a summertime tradition for Boxer & Gerson. The firm’s eighth consecutive year of participating in the program saw them play host to Oakland native Cecilia Almaraz, who shortly after completing her internship under […]
Boxer & Gerson helped the resurgent Oakland A’s add to their home attendance on August 4 as the firm put a new twist on its traditional “Union Night At the Ballpark” by making it a family-friendly event. The pleasant summer afternoon-turned-to-evening featured a pregame tailgate party that accommodated some 125 people of all ages in […]
Even as a number of their firefighters were deployed to distant locations around California where an onslaught of summer fires has been keeping the state on edge, the Alameda Fire Department carved out time to conduct its Annual Pancake Breakfast yesterday, July 29, as a charity fundraiser for the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation. Boxer & Gerson attorneys […]
Boxer & Gerson Partner Maria Grasso took part in a two-person attorney panel last week with Jose Padilla, the executive director of California Rural Legal Assistance, as the veteran lawyers addressed a prelaw boot camp organized by Centro Legal de la Raza’s Diversity Legal Pipeline (DLP). The program was held at the Alameda County Law Library […]
After a successful venture honing its barbecue skills in the inaugural Teamsters Horsemen Chapter 7 West BBQ Cook-off, Bike & Car Show last summer, Boxer & Gerson’s vaunted Barbecue Team will return to the scene at Swiss Park in Newark next month. The firm will again serve as a sponsor and participate directly in the […]
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