Focused on Making a Difference

At the heart of our focus on growth and on you is our active participation in local communities, charitable initiatives and professional excellence across the state and wherever our clients need us. Our affiliations and support spans more than 60 professional, civic and cultural organizations. From the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento to Southern California, we proudly support our clients, attorneys and staff in their leadership roles in business, charitable and cultural projects and programs that make a difference.

Archer Norris Charitable Fund Focuses on the Community

The Archer Norris Charitable Fund supports many of our philanthropic activities. The recipients of donations disbursed by our Fund, as well as our volunteer time, reflect our firm’s diverse interests and commitment to local communities and worthwhile charitable projects.

Our partners, associates and staff are participants and contributors to the following organizations and programs:

Industry Groups

• American Planning Association
• Associated General Contractors of America
• Associated Roofing Contractors of N. CA
• Association of Marine Underwriters
• Association of Marine Investigators
• California Association of Sanitation Agencies
• California Building Industry Association
• California Conference of Arson Investigators
• California Refuse and Recycling Council
• Chambers of Commerce in Walnut Creek, and Newport Beach
• Contra Costa Council, Land Use Task Force
• Council of Business Advisors
• Council on Litigation Management
• East Bay Claims Association
• Emeritus Board of Alta Bates-Summit Medical Centers
• Estate Planning Council of Diablo Valley
• Financial Women's Association of San Francisco
• Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Contra Costa County
• Home Builders Association of Northern California
• Industrial Association
• Northern California Elevator Industry Group
• Northern California Fraud Investigators Association
• Partnership for Sound Science in Environmental Policy
• Pest Control Operators of California
• Property Claims Association of the Pacific
• ProVisors Cross-Cultural Affinity Group
• Public Agency Risk Managers Association
• Western Council of Construction Consultants
• Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association
• Western States Petroleum Association
• YMCA

Community Organizations

• CCCBA Food From The Bar
• Diablo Regional Arts Association
• Homeboys Board
• Hospice of the East Bay
• Kiwanis Club of Oakland
• Orange Foundation Charity
• Realizing Our Youth As Leaders (R.O.Y.A.L.)
• Richmond Arts Center Endowment
• Wardrobe for Opportunity

Legal Organizations

• Alameda-Contra Costa Counties Trial Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
• Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
• Bar Associations of Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, and
• San Francisco counties
• Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
• California Bar Association
• California Political Attorneys Association
• California Society for Healthcare Attorneys
• California State Bar, Litigation Executive Committee
• California Young Lawyers Association
• Contra Costa Superior Court Trial Reduction Program
• Defense Research Institute
• East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association
• Filipino Bar Association
• Judicial Council of California
• Maritime Law Association
• National Board of Legal Specialty Certification
• National Board of Trial Advocates
• Orange County Bar Association
• Orange County Hispanic Bar Association
• Orange County Jewish Bar Association
• Propane Gas Defense Association
• Queen’s Bench Bar Association
• Risk Insurance Management Association
• San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association
• The American Inns of Court, Northern and Southern California chapters
• The Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada
• The Charles Houston Bar Association
• The International Association of Korean Lawyers
• The Korean American Bar Association
• Vietnamese Bar Association of Northern California