Blog – City Attorney of San Francisco

Our favorite shelter in place activities

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

Spending more time indoors means we’ve been finding new ways to stay entertained

Interning with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

What’s it like to be an intern at the City Attorney’s Office? Former interns discuss their experiences, including addressing the coronavirus.

Former interns at the City Attorney’s Office weigh on what their time in the office was like.

SFALP Clinic Takes the Fight Beyond the Courtroom

March 5, 2020March 4, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

Yale Law School clinic expands to support the City Attorney’s Office draft public comments

Members of the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project — Duncan Hosie ’21, Emma Sokoloff-Rubin ’18 (fellow), Shannon Manley ’20 (bottom center) and Melissa Fich ’21.

Buck Delventhal continues to receive honors and awards for his nearly 50 years in public service

March 9, 2020March 2, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

Former Deputy City Attorney Burk “Buck” Delventhal to be honored with namesake rotunda in City Hall, receive prestigious public service award

Former Deputy City Attorney Buck Delventhal

From law school to the courtroom

September 27, 2021January 15, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

A conversation with Molly Alarcon on her route from intern to Deputy City Attorney

Herrera sworn in for sixth term as SF City Attorney

March 4, 2020January 8, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

Vows to continue championing consumers, the environment and SF neighborhoods

City Attorney Dennis Herrera is sworn in to his sixth term on Jan. 8, 2020 by former office colleague the Hon. Christine Van Aken of San Francisco Superior Court.

Board bids farewell to Givner, their ‘fantastic lawyer’ and ‘a profoundly excellent human being’

December 19, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

Deputy City Attorney Jon Givner (center), flanked by Board of Supervisors members and staff, at his final meeting.

They praised his kindness, his cool demeanor under fire, and his baseball skills.

He was even celebrated in song.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday bid farewell – but not goodbye – to Deputy City Attorney Jon Givner, their beloved and trusted legal counsel since August 2012.

Deputy City Attorney Elaine Warren honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

December 18, 2019December 17, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

Deputy City Attorney Elaine Warren (left) receives her award from Dorinda Shipman of Langan (right), an advisory council member for the Center for Creative Land Recycling. Image courtesy of CCLR.

Deputy City Attorney Elaine Warren was recently honored with a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Service from the Center for Creative Land Recycling for her work on complex and transformative land use and development projects.

Tackling the issues facing our City

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office

By Dennis J. Herrera

On November 5 I was honored to be elected to a sixth term as San Francisco’s City Attorney. I’ve had the privilege of representing our city in court since 2002 and using the power of the law to make a difference in people’s lives.