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06/05/2026

On this World Environment Day we wish to highlight the work of all who labor in the name of sustainability to address our vulnerabilities to extreme weather events such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, and flooding.

Today, we wish to specifically highlight the scholarship of Newsha Ajami and her colleagues at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and its Sustainable Societies Initiatives. Our founder - Jeff Bass - was invited this week to travel to Stanford's Doerr School and participate in the inaugural roundtable discussion of Governance for Risk, Resilience, and Recovery (GR3). The discussants included climate scientists, earth scientists, fire experts, seismologists, political scientists, legal scholars, insurance industry leaders, and governmental regulators.

The discussion focused on how institutions, communities, and markets can better prepare for, respond to, and recover from increasingly complex climate-related risks. Topics ranged from the future of insurance in regions vulnerable to extreme weather to strategies for accelerating recovery through land use and zoning regulations.

We are humbled and grateful for the opportunity to participate in this important dialogue and we wish to thank Newsha and all of her colleagues at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability for hosting this august assembly of thought-leaders.

06/04/2026

Our Founding Partner, Jeffrey Bass, earned a Band 1 ranking in Chambers USA 2026 for Real Estate: Zoning and Land Use Litigation.

This recognition reflects Jeff's thirty-year commitment to the artful navigation of complex legal issues in the fields of land use, zoning, real property, and constitutional law.

The ranking also recognizes the work Bass Law performs on behalf of municipalities, universities, businesses, developers, and individuals involved in significant real estate and land use matters across the state.

We are grateful to our clients, colleagues, and peers for their continued trust and support. Their confidence in our work makes achievements such as this possible.

We congratulate Jeff on this well-deserved recognition and thank everyone who contributed their time and perspective throughout the Chambers research process.

05/12/2026

The Daily Business Review recently featured our Partner Deana Falce in its article on attorney mothers and the myth of work-life balance.

Deana reflects on raising her twin boys while building a successful legal practice and navigating the demands that come with both. She underscores a central theme that balance is not about perfection. It comes from focusing on what matters most in each moment and being fully present for it.

Drawing on her experience as both an attorney and a mother, Deana shares this advice for new attorney mothers:

“Don’t stress the small things. You’re never going to feel like you’re doing great at both things at one time. One step at a time, and your best is enough.”

👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4dkdBNn

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Bass Law! Today, we celebrate moms and their tireless efforts to make the world a better place. We are especially proud to recognize the working moms at Bass Law who practice law at the highest levels of excellence within the community and, at the same time, are ever present for their families. To all the moms, thank you for all that you do to support, inspire, and uplift us all!

04/22/2026

This Earth Day, Bass Law celebrates Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and the Aspen Institute - Nicholas Institute Water Policy Forum. Duke University’s Nicholas School is home to some of the most vitally important scholarship on the planet — about the planet. In collaboration with the Aspen Institute, Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability is working to develop consensus around a national water policy strategy to align water policy at the local, regional, state, and federal levels to ensure a safe and affordable water supply for our nation and its future.

Founding Partner Jeffrey Bass recently visited the Duke Forest Aquatic Research Facility, where uniquely bred zebrafish are used to study the impact of temperature and chemical exposures on human health. There, Jeff witnessed a zebrafish on a “fish treadmill” where scientists can study the effect of chemical exposure on fish VO2, kidney function, memory, and heart function. The visit highlighted both the urgency of this work and the important role institutions like Duke University and the Aspen Institute play in researching and addressing today’s environmental challenges.

03/22/2026

From fishing guides to waterkeepers, to marine biologists, to oceanographers, to those who build sandcastles on our beaches, we celebrate every one of you on this World Water Day. But today, we wish to specially acknowledge the work of these vitally important organizations whose work helps defend and restore our waters: The Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment, the Aspen Institute Water Policy Forum, the Miami Waterkeeper, and Captains for Clean Water.

This World Water Day, join Bass Law in celebrating World Water Day.

03/12/2026

We honor working moms throughout the nation on this National Working Moms Day. Working moms solve the world’s problems every day. So today, we say a special thank you to all the working moms who make our workplaces and our homes stronger and better!

03/10/2026

On International Day of Women Judges, we proudly recognize the courage, sacrifice, and strength that women judges contribute to the justice system all around the globe. We additionally recognize — and are thankful for — the unique perspectives and bravery supplied by women judges serving the cause of global justice.

03/05/2026

We congratulate our founder — Jeffrey Bass — for being named an Attorney of the Year Finalist in the 2026 Florida Legal Awards by the Daily Business Review.

The Florida Legal Awards recognize attorneys throughout the state who have made significant contributions to the legal profession and, at the same time, demonstrated leadership in complex matters that shape Florida’s legal and business landscapes. Selection as a finalist places Jeff in an elite and extremely small class of attorneys whose body of impactful work extends far beyond the litigants in any one matter. We congratulate all of the other finalists on this achievement. We are proud to see Jeff included among this year’s exceptional honorees and look forward to celebrating this well-deserved recognition.

👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rRwUDS

03/03/2026

We recently welcomed an advanced design studio from the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture for a roundtable discussion over coffee at our offices. We explored the regulatory, market, and climate forces shaping coastal redevelopment across South Florida. The studio visited us while en route to a tour of the Florida Keys.

The studio — “Coastal Florida: Culture, Ecology, & Aesthetics” — investigates the friction points between culture, tourism, ecology, infrastructure, and capital. Our discussion focused on tropical housing typologies, the built environment, and the geographic, regulatory, environmental factors that influence transit and development in the Keys. Our conversations addressed climate risk within the roles of insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage lending.

We remain committed to the education and development of the next generation of thought leadership in the fields of law, climate, and design.

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