Barbara J. (B.J.) Chisholm

Managing Partner, Altshuler Berzon LLP

Barbara J. (B.J.) Chisholm serves as the Managing Partner of Altshuler Berzon LLP, focusing primarily on complex civil litigation and public-interest cases for workers, labor unions, public entities, and environmental groups. With extensive experience briefing and arguing cases across state and federal trial and appellate courts, her practice also encompasses representing nonprofits and unions in social justice campaigns, contract negotiations, arbitrations, and advising nationwide clients on legislation, ballot measures, and election law.

She is currently the Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Labor and Employment Committee, a Lawyer Representative for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, a member of the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco, and Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of Public Advocates. B.J. previously served as Co-Chair of the Lawyer Representatives Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and on the Board of Directors of the Union Lawyers Alliance, the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Section of the California State Bar, the Board of the Bay Area Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society, and the Board of Directors of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel. She also served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Pacific Environment for many years.

Chisholm was named a “California Lawyer of the Year” by California Lawyer Magazine in 2013 for her work in an Ohio voting rights case.

Prior to law school, she spent five years in the Russian Far East founding and directing a local branch of ISAR focused on environmental and human rights. She speaks fluent Russian and enjoys reading mysteries, kayaking, and playing music with her children.