Working For Change In The Community

Service to the community is a criterion for partnership in the firm. FBM attorneys are active in the community as volunteers, board members and fundraisers for local and national organizations. We believe that good lawyers need to understand the needs of the community in which they live. Our attorneys volunteer for a wide variety of organizations. A partial list includes:

Arts & Cultural Groups

• Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
• California College of Arts
• Lines Ballet Company
• Napa Valley Symphony Performances
• San Francisco Performances

Children’s Organizations

• Special Olympics Northern California
• Girls on the Run
• Boys Hope, Girls Hope
• Children Now
• Mission YMCA
• National Center for Youth Law

Education

• Enterprise for High School Students
• Aim High for High School
• Napa Valley College Foundation
• Center for Youth Development through Law
• San Francisco High School Mock Trial Program
• Golden Gate University Mock Trial Program

Environmental Organizations

• Alaska Conservation Foundation
• The Joaquin Miller Trails Working Group
• Environmental Law Institute
• Habitat for Humanity

Housing & Homelessness

• Affordable Housing Association
• Rebuilding Together
• City Team Ministries
• Meals on Wheels San Francisco

Human Rights

• Tibet Justice Center
• Equal Rights Advocates

Land Use & Economic Development

• California Lending Partners
• Peoples Community Partnership Federal Credit Union
• St. Helena Planning Commission
• Napa County Land Trusts Protection Committee
• Napa County Farm Bureau
• Orinda Association
• BASF Community Organization Representation Project

Medical & Health-Related Organizations

• Angelman Syndrome Foundation
• City of Hope
• Humanistic Alternatives to Addiction, Research & Treatment, Inc.

Religious Organizations

• Sinai Memorial Chapel
• St. Dominics Church
• First Congregational Church of Berkeley

Violence Prevention & Prisoner Rehabilitation

• Volunteers in Parole, Inc.
• Legal Community Against Violence