Community Involvement

As the leading law firm in California's San Joaquin Valley, KDG is committed to giving back to the communities in which we live and serve. Through financial and in-kind contributions to a variety of organizations, KDG attorneys and staff remain committed to meeting the needs of our community partners and neighbors, taking pride in our role as a corporate leader. Many KDG professional also serve in leadership positions on local community, non-profit and legal-industry boards of directors. Below is a sampling of the organizations KDG supported through contributions or membership in 2010 and 2011.

Community Organizations

• Arts Council of Kern
• Bakersfield Association for Retarded Citizens
• Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation – Larry Carr Memorial Golf Tournament
• Bakersfield Museum of Art
• Bakersfield Sports Foundation
• Bakersfield Women’s Business Conference
• Boy Scouts of America – Southern Sierra Council Golf Tournament
• Clovis Chamber of Commerce
• Community Action Partnership
• CSU Bakersfield Alumni Association
• CSU Bakersfield Foundation
• CSU Bakersfield Jazz Festival
• CSU Bakersfield International Women’s Day Event
• Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (CASA)
• Executive’s Association of Kern County
• Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation
• Fresno Chamber of Commerce
• Fresno County Women’s Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce
• Human Resource Association of Central California
• Junior Achievement of Bakersfield, Inc.
• Kern Adult Literacy Council
• Kern Community Foundation
• Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Kern County Society for Human Resource Management
• Kern Economic Development Corporation
• Kern Economic Journal (CSUB)
• Kern High School District’s Annual Adult Based Life Experience Program (A.B.L.E.) Golf Classic
• Leadership Bakersfield (Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce)
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central California
• Rotary (various Bakersfield and Fresno clubs)
• Salvation Army
• Taste of Tehachapi
• Valley Achievement Center
• Valley Public Radio
• Wounded Heroes Fund

Legal Industry Associations

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• American Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates, San Joaquin Valley Chapter
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
• California Women Lawyers
• Central California Bankruptcy Association
• Estate Planning Council of Bakersfield
• Federal Bar Association, San Joaquin Valley Chapter
• Fresno County Bar Association
• Fresno County Women Lawyers
• Kern County Bar Association
• Kern County Bar Association Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section
• Kern County Bar Association Foundation
• Kern County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section
• Kern County Women Lawyers
• San Diego County Bar Association
• State Bar of California
• United States Patent and Trademark Office