Contact BALIF
If you have any questions about the BALIF, contact our Administrative Director, Katie Carlson Cartwright at balif@balif.org.
General Contact Information
P.O. Box 193383
San Francisco, CA 94119
balif@balif.org
Contact Board Members
BALIF functions through the leadership of its 20 member Board of Directors. Board members are elected by the general membership for a two year term, with vacant seats open for election every April
Nicolette Rae Bencito
New Lawyers Committee
DEI Committee
Kelsey Chetosky
Gala Chair
Kasen Evans
Law Student Representative
DEI Committee
Amicus Committee
CCBA Committee
Daniel Faessler
New Lawyers Chair
Social Committee
Gerardo Gama
Programs Committee
DEI Committee
Hillary T. Irvin
DEI Chair
Programs Chair
Brianna Jackson
Amicus Chair
Community Engagement Co-Chair
CCBA Co-Chair
Melanie Kim
Treasurer
Social Committee
Membership Co-Chair
Connor Kratz
Community Engagement Co-Chair
Gala Committee
Rafael Langer-Osuna
Amicus Committee
CCBA Committee
Andy Le
Law Student Representative
New Lawyers Committee
DEI Committee
Michael Mahoney
Programs Committee
DEI Committee
Judiciary Co-Chair
Amicus Committee
CCBA Committee
Ernie Mejia
BALIF Co-Chair
Social Chair
Membership Co-Chair
DEI Committee
Social Media Chair
Kavya Narendra Babu
DEI Committee
Programs Committee
Social Media Committee
Robert Navarrette
CCBA Co-Chair
New Lawyers Committee
Gala Committee
Ceceli Riffo-Drecksel
Social Committee
Social Media Committee
Activism Committee
Daniel Turner
Secretary
New Lawyers Committee
Judiciary Co-Chair
Nathan Wexler
BALIF Co-Chair
Activism Chair
Community Engagement Co-Chair
Amicus Committee
CCBA Committee
Jamal Anderson
Board Member
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BALIF News
BALIF is Proud to Endorse Phoebe Maffei for San Francisco Superior Court Judge
Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF) is proud to endorse Phoebe Maffei for San Francisco Superior Court Judge in the upcoming June 2, 2026 election. Phoebe Maffei would bring to the bench 15 years of experience as an Assistant District Attorney, during...
BALIF Condemns Ongoing Federal Immigration Activity and Shootings in Minneapolis
We should all be outraged by what is unfolding in Minneapolis, which follows over a year of unprecedented immigration enforcement activity that has seen far too many people targeted, brutalized, and disappeared. Renee Good and Alex Pretti should be alive today....
BALIF Condemns Supreme Court Decision Affirming Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Passport Policies
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court granted a Trump Administration request to stay a preliminary injunction in Orr v. Trump, allowing the government to enforce a discriminatory passport policy against transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people. As Justice Jackson noted...
