Most lawyers in today’s world have set aside their fountain pens and yellow legal pads and opened their laptops. Many lawyers have taken paperless practice to the extreme, carrying all of their data in a flash drive that hangs around their neck and storing all of their files in the cloud. With the disappearance of physical client files and related materials, what ethical rules can potentially apply within the contemporary world of the Green Law Office? The answer is: the same ethical rules that apply to a lawyer practicing law with a yellow pad and fountain pen. The difference is in the application.

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye will be the keynote speaker at the Lawyers Club of San Diego's 40th anniversary dinner celebration Wednesday night at the US Grant hotel.

Feeding America San Diego, the city's largest distributor of donated food, is joining forces with the San Diego legal community this May to host the annual "Food from the Bar" campaign. Now through May 25, San Diego lawyers and law firms are invited to join the fight against hunger by registering online at feedingamericasd.org.

Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz and two legal organizations are hosting the fourth annual Womenís Suit and Accessory Drive to benefit Dress for Success San Diego from May 21-31. The Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego and the Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego are teaming with Pettit Kohn on the event.

The South Asian Bar Association is hosting a panel discussion on common issues minorities face in the workplace May 17 at 6 p.m. at the law firm Cooley LLP. The panel includes Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz partner Valerie Garcia Hong; San Diego County Bar Association President Marvin Mizell of the California attorney general's office; Sempra Energy's Deborah Martin and William Whelan, a partner with Solomon Ward Seidenwurn & Smith.

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP received the Security Network's fourth annual "Fostering Innovation through Collaboration” award in the U.S. private sector category. The award highlights MLAís government contracts and intellectual property experience.

The San Diego Legal Secretaries Association will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, May 29, at the Crowne Plaza at 2270 Hotel Circle North. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. preceded by a social hour. The topic for the evening will be "Perfecting Motions for Summary Judgment" presented by attorney Alexandra N. Selfridge of the Law Offices of Kenneth N. Greenfield.

Gerson Law Firm continued to cater to the apartment marketís strong appetite for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily finance, closing more than $85 million in loans as lender’s counsel in April 2012. Loans closed were for apartment projects on the West Coast and in Scottsdale, Ariz.

K&L Gates LLP has been recognized as one of the top 25 national corporate law firms for 2012 in a survey of U.S. general counsel by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting Inc.

Representatives Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) have introduced the Melanoma Research Act of 2012, a bipartisan bill that will establish the Skin Cancer Research Fund to support research conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Keith Slotter, former FBI special agent in charge of the agency’s San Diego office, has joined Stroz Friedberg, a global digital risk management and investigations firm.

San Diego's Gerson Law Firm continued to cater to the apartment market’s strong appetite for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily finance, closing more than $85 million in loans as the lender’s counsel in April 2012.

K&L Gates LLP has been recognized as one of the top 25 national corporate law firms for 2012 in a survey of U.S. general counsel by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting Inc.

Investment advisers watch what they tweet — not just to follow their own guidelines, but to comply with regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

In a decision that needed more time for discussion by the Southwestern College Governing Board, a vote on whether to place a project labor agreement on future school construction projects has been postponed.

The South Asian Bar Association will be hosting a panel discussion on common issues minorities face in the workplace May 17 at 6 p.m. at the law firm Cooley LLP.

A U.S. district judge has selected the San Diego personal injury law firm Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP to help try a massive, national case against the National Football League over head injuries.

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Congratulations to our 2012 nominees. Athena would like to thank everyone who nominated and contributed the following excerpts for these exceptional candidates.

The Security Network presented the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP with its fourth annual "Fostering Innovation through Collaboration” award in the U.S. private sector category on Wednesday.