Help Honor Our Champions of Justice and Unsung Hero
This year our chapter is honoring two Champions of Justice: Matt Ross & David Weintraub. We are also honoring Megan Books as our Unsung Hero. The big event will be March 27 in Oakland and invitations will be arriving in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can honor Matt, David and/or Megan by submitting a message for publication in our Testimonial Dinner Journal.
The deadline to submit an ad message is February 12, 2010. Please click here to download the necessary form (pdf). Questions? Send an email to NLGSFdinner@gmail.com.
Open Letter to David Carrillo Regarding Co-Teaching a Course with Torture Lawyer John Yoo
David A. Carrillo
CA DOJ - AG’s Office
PO Box 70550
Oakland, CA 94612
Mr. Carrillo:
We have just learned that you plan to co-teach Constitutional Design and the California Constitution this coming spring semester at Boalt Hall with Professor John Yoo. This causes us grave concern, which we would like to share with you.
Congratulations to Our 2010 Executive Board
Our newly elected Executive Board members will begin their terms January 1. Election results are as follows:
President Teague Briscoe
Vice President Michael Flynn
Treasurer Nancy Lowenthal
Secretary Salena Copeland
Guild Community Mourns the Loss of Sylvia Bingham
Board member and 2009 NLGSF Champion of Justice Stephen Bingham and his wife Francoise Blusseau lost their daughter, Sylvia Bingham, on September 15th in a tragic accident while riding a bicycle in Cleveland. Click here to learn more.
NLGSF Pursuing Ethics Complaint Against Torture Lawyer to Cal Supreme Court
State Bar Refused to Investigate Former Pentagon Lawyer Haynes
San Francisco - The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) filed a petition with the California Supreme Court this week asking it to review the decision by the State Bar not to investigate William J. Haynes II. Haynes, now an attorney with the Chevron Corporation in San Ramon, used his position as a lawyer in the Department of Defense to advocate for torture and illegal treatment of detainees in military custody during the Bush presidency. Despite voluminous evidence that Haynes has violated California’s rules of professional conduct that all attorneys must follow, the State Bar has maintained that the NLGSF complaint is closed without prejudice to reopening.