To join the CCCBA please complete the form below and press the "submit form" button at the bottom of the page when complete. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Membership Coordinator at (925) 370-2543. Thank you. Membership is annual from January 1st through December 31st. If you join or rejoin mid-year your membership will be effective from the date you submit your application through the remainder of the year. Our membership drive for the following year starts each November 1st.

If you are Renewing your membership or Updating your contact info, Click here.

Date of Application 5/9/2008      Please provide the following information: (Fields with a * are required) * Name (first, MI, last): Title: * Firm/Company: * Physical Address: * City/State/Zip: Mailing Address: (if different from above) City/State/Zip: * Phone: FAX: E-mail: I would prefer to receive notices via: Email Fax Your website address/URL: Date of Birth (optional): Language(s) in which you are fluent (other than English) Hold down 'Ctrl' to select more than one. Arabic Cantonese Chinese Czech Dutch Farsi Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Ibo Italian Japanese Korean Mandarin Mandarin Chinese Persian Punjabi Polish Portuguese Russian Slovene Spanish Tagalog Tamil Vietnamese Yoruba Attorneys: California State Bar Number: Year Admitted to Practice (in any state): Law School: Year Graduated: Admitted to practice in another state? (Specify state): Affiliates: Occupation: Degree/Year: License(s): License Year(s): MEMBERSHIP SURVEY I work in a:  private firm  ( sole practitioner, 2-4 attorneys,   5+ attorneys);  corporate law office;  non-profit agency;  public sector;  public sector (temporary PD);  public sector (fixed term DA) My position is:  managing partner;  partner;  associate; of counsel; N/A DUES AND MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES Check appropriate box(es). To see the Prorated fee schedule, Click here Admitted to practice, in any state, six years or more $190.00    Admitted to practice, in any state, through first five years $125.00    New Admittees (never practiced before)  $  25.00    The following membership categories have no voting rights and cannot hold office in sections or bar: Emeritus (Must be registered as such with the State Bar) $  25.00    Retired/Inactive (retired attorneys includes retired judges) $100.00    Law Students* $  25.00    Affiliate Members* (non-attorney/lay person) $190.00    Legal Support* (Legal Assistants, Legal Administrators, Paralegals) $150.00    Lawyer Referral & Information Service Dues (bar members only) Application submitted any time after the first of each year through remainder of the year (no quarterly breakdown). Note: Over 50% of your practice and at least one of your offices must be in Contra Costa County. Call (925) 370-2542 to request an application or click here to download the forms. $  65.00    I wish to make a contribution to: $ Art in the Courthouse $ The Bar Fund - contributions will benefit Bay Area Legal Aid, CASA, The Law Center, Senior Legal Services, JFK's Elder Law Clinic, and HERA. CCCBA SECTIONS (membership in CCCBA required) Check appropriate box(es). Section  Regular Section Fee Affiliate Section Fee Law Student & Emeritus3 ADR $25 $25 $5 Appellate $25 $25 $5 Barristers / Young Lawyers 9       Business Law & Corporate Counsel $20 n/a2 $5 Commercial Law & Bankruptcy $20 $20 $5 Conservatorship/Guardianship, Probate & Trust $25 $251 $5 Criminal $25 $25 $5 Elder Law $103 n/a2 $5 Employment $25 n/a2 $5 Family Law4 $45 $45 $5 Intellectual Property $45 n/a2 $5 Juvenile $25 n/a2 $5 Law Student3   n/a2 $5 Litigation $25 n/a2 $5 Pro Bono $20 $20 $5 Real Estate5 $50 $506 $5 Solo Practice & Small Firm7 $40 n/a2 $5 Taxation $25 $258 $5 West County $25 $25 $5 Women's $25 n/a2 $5 SPECIALTY PRACTICE AREAS (ATTORNEY MEMBERS ONLY) If you would like your practice areas listed in the membership directory (both the printed and website version) please check the appropriate boxes.  You may select up to three areas of practice for $25.00 or four to six areas for $40.00.   NOTE: IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER BY MARCH 1, YOU WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE PRINT DIRECTORY. Administrative Adoptions Animal Law Antitrust Appellate-Certified Specialist Appellate-Civil Appellate-Criminal Arbitration Asbestos Aviation Banking Bankruptcy Bankruptcy - Certified Specialist Bankruptcy-Creditor Cable Television Civil Rights Commercial Communications Computer/Technology Condemnation Conservatorship,Guardianship, Probate & Trust Construction Consumer Contract Copyright Corporate & Business Criminal Criminal-Cert. Specialist Debt Collection Education Elder Care Entertainment Environmental Estate Planning & Trust Estate Planning, Trust & Probate-Certified Specialist Family Family-Cert. Specialist Family-Mediation Fraud Franchise Government Health Care Housing Immigration Immigration-Cert. Spec. Insurance Insurance-Bad Faith Insurance-Defense Intellectual Property International Juvenile Labor & Employment Land Use Landlord Litigation Malpractice-Legal Malpractice-Medical Malpractice-Professional Maritime/Admiralty Mediation Military Municipal Non-profit Patent Pension & Profit Sharing-Family Pension & Profit Sharing-Labor Personal Injury Personal Injury-Plaintiff Personal Injury-Defense Probate Products Liability Professional Negligence Public Entity Real Estate Securities Sexual Harassment Social Security Sports Taxation Taxation-Cert. Specialist Tenant Torts Toxic Torts Trademarks Veterinary Law Workers' Comp.-Cert. Specialist Workers' Comp.-Federal Workers' Comp.-State VOLUNTEERS are needed to serve as arbitrators and/or mediators in our fee arbitration program I am interested, please send me an application. TOTAL AMOUNT DUE: Membership Dues: $ Section Dues: $ Lawyer Referral & Information Service Dues: $ Charitable Contributions: $ Specialty Practice Area(s) Fees: $ TOTAL AMOUNT: $ PAYMENT INFORMATION Type of Card: [ Select One ] AmEx Discover MasterCard Visa Number: Expiration Date: (Enter as mm/yy, like: '11/06') Name on the Card: I'd prefer to pay by check. Please make check payable to CCCBA and mail to: Contra Costa County Bar Assn., 704 Main Street, Martinez, CA 94553. If your firm is paying your dues be sure to print this form and provide a copy to your accounting department. Please note: Even though you submit this application to us online now, your membership will not be activated until payment is received. Membership dues in the CCCBA and CCCBA Sections are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.  However, such dues may be deductible as a business expense. Included in the membership dues is a $25.00 annual subscription to the Contra Costa Lawyer, the official publication of the CCCBA.

* By clicking the box below, I agree that, when identifying in any manner my membership in the Contra Costa County Bar Association (CCCBA), I will include the "Law Student", "Affiliate Member", or "Legal Support" designation in any such identification. I further agree that I will not use my status/designation as a Law Student, Affiliate Member or Legal Support member of the CCCBA to state, suggest or imply that I am a member of the State Bar of California or that I am licensed to practice law. I understand that violation of the above-described agreement may result in revocation / termination of my membership in the CCCBA. By clicking the box below, I hereby request membership in the Contra Costa County Bar Association, submit the foregoing information and agree to be bound by the Articles and Bylaws of the Association. * YES, I AGREE

First print a copy of this application for your files and then click the "Submit Form" button to complete the online application process.

PRORATED MEMBERSHIP FEES:	First-time Bar Association members° and first-time affiliates° only may join based upon the following breakdown.  Membership will then be effective from the date you submit your application through the remainder of the year.  Previous members and renewing members are responsible for the full yearly dues rate as stated above regardless of the time of year the application is submitted. Back to Dues.

* No prorated memberships will be accepted after October 31st. Each year beginning November 1st our membership drive for the "new" year begins. The full membership fee for next year will be charged if you join between November 1st and December 31st. Whatever remains of this year will be complimentary. Thank you.

PRORATED SECTION FEES:	Except where noted, members who join  or re-join any section between July 1st and October 31st pay 50% of the regular dues listed above. If you would like to join a section mid-year, please contact the Membership Coordinator for instructions. Back to Sections

¹Affiliate membership available to trust officers and private professional fiduciaries.
²Affiliates not allowed.
³Proration does not apply.
⁴Affiliate memberships are limited to professionals in fields with significant family law related activities, e.g. accountants, therapists, appraisers.
⁵Includes meals (law students pay $20 per meal).
⁶Real Estate brokers only.
⁷Includes annual pass to JFK Law Library. (Law Students: only students attending JFK Law School may join this section.)
⁸Accounting practitioners only.
⁹Automatic membership for attorneys in practice 6 years or less.