San Diego attorney elected to State Bar Board of Trustees Thursday, March 12, 2015 Categories: News Releases Contact: Laura Ernde 415-538-2283 barcomm@calbar.ca.gov SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 2015 — San Diego attorney Todd F. Stevens was elected today to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees for the State Bar of California. Stevens, 52, was elected by attorneys in District 4, which comprises six counties: Imperial, Inyo, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego. He is a civil litigator and shareholder in the San Diego law firm of Keeney Waite & Stevens. Brandon N. Stallings, 31, was deemed elected as the sole candidate in District 5, which covers Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties. Stallings is a prosecutor in the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. Turnout for the election was 15 percent of those attorneys eligible to cast votes. About 61 percent of the votes were cast electronically and the rest came in by mail. The Board of Trustees is the governing and policymaking body of the 253,000-member organization. Stevens and Stallings will be sworn in at the State Bar Annual Meeting in October, along with any appointed board members. On March 5, Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Renee LaBran, of La Cañada Flintridge, as a public member. LaBran is a partner at Rustic Canyon-Fontis Partners. Previous Article Next Article