Kendra Basner
Partner
Unlike many other legal ethics and risk management advisors, I have actually litigated legal malpractice claims and have fought on behalf of lawyers in State Bar disciplinary matters, so I know firsthand the liability risks faced by lawyers and law firms, enabling me to more effectively identify the issues and streamline my advice for efficient and practical solutions.”
State Bar Admissions, Investigations, and Discipline
J.D., Delaware Law School (Widener University), DE 2003
B.A., Psychology and History, Duke University, NC 1999
The State Bar of California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC)
– Member, 2017–2020
Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF)
– Legal Ethics Committee, Chair, 2018 & 2019; Vice Chair, 2016 & 2017
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
– President-Elect (2023-2024)
– Secretary (2022-2023)
– Treasurer (2021-2022)
– Board Member (2019-2021)
– Future of Lawyering Committee, Member
– Referral Fee & Non-Lawyer Fee Sharing Rule Drafting Subcommittee
ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct
– Editorial Board Member
American Bar Foundation
– Fellow
Association of Discipline Defense Counsel (ADDC)
American Bar Association (ABA)
California Lawyers Association (CLA)
– Civility Task Force, Member
National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)
“Selected Provisions in Attorney Fee Agreements: Permitted or Problematic?” Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
“Whose Law Is It Anyway: The Bounds of Rule 8.5 and its Impact On The Delivery of Legal Services,” APRL Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
“Facts, Fictions and Future Steps in U.S. Regulatory Reform,” APRL Mid-Year Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
MCLE on Hot Legal Ethics Topics Presented with the BASF Legal Ethics Committee for the Bar Association of San Francisco
Partner Kendra Basner participated as a panelist at the 2022 Aon Law Firm Symposium in Chicago, Illinois, on the panel entitled “The Future is Here: Alternative Business Structures.”
Consequences for Incivility Coming Soon to California, Bar Association of San Francisco, The Bulletin and Online Blog
Use it or Lose It: Take Advantage of Your Annual Insurance Risk Management Budget, Bar Association of San Francisco, Legal Ethics Corner
Be Warned: CA In-House Corporate Counsel Must Register With State Bar, California Attorney Ethics Counsel Blog
The National Push to Change UPL Rule 5.5 Has Begun, California Attorney Ethics Counsel Blog
Sitting Where You Are Not Licensed, published by the Bar Association of San Francisco, Legal by the Bay blog
Selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list by Super Lawyers Magazine (2021-2024).
Honored with the 2019 Award of Merit by the Bar Association of San Francisco
Named to “Who’s Who” by Top Attorneys of North America (2018-2019)
Top Women Lawyers of Northern California by San Francisco Magazine (2018)
Named “Rising Star” of Northern California by San Francisco Magazine (2015–2018)
Selected to the “Northern California Super Lawyers/Rising Stars List” by Super Lawyers Magazine (2015–2018)
Ms. Basner is featured by Susie Schnall in “The Balance Project.” A series of relevant and refreshingly candid interviews with
inspiring and accomplished women talking about balance.
Coaches youth teams in the sports of basketball and lacrosse.
California
Wyoming
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California