Don Carlson presented "Civility Matters – Winning Through Civility" to the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and to the Western States Bar Conference in March, 2012.

Joyce Wang presented "Bad Faith Issues Unique to Business Interruption Claims" to the Property Insurance Law Committee of the ABA (TIPS) in April, 2012.

Attorneys Margaret J. Allen and Melissa A. Dubbs received 2011 Outstanding Volunteers in Public Interest awards for their individual contributions to BASF's Volunteer Legal Services Program.

IADC member Asim Desai has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the DRI's Albert H. Parnell Outstanding Program Chair Award.

Guy D. Calladine and Richard Zitrin have been approved as Certified Specialists in Legal Malpractice Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

Don Carlson appointed Northern California State Chair of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers

Randy Gimple and David Bona presented “Damage Trends in Wildland Fire Litigation” at the April 2011 National Wildland Fire Litigation Conference in San Diego, California.