[ ] Heather Borlase
Heather Borlase was born in Santiago, Chile and raised in Miami. Before settling in San Francisco, she lived in Washington, DC, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Justice from American University and a Master of Forensic Sciences degree from George Washington University. She has been an investigator for the Felony Unit of the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia, a research assistant at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy Behavioral Science Unit in Quantico, Virginia, and a law clerk in the Domestic Violence Unit at the District Attorney's Office in San Francisco.

Heather then worked as a legal advocate at the Homeless Advocacy Project of the Bar Association of San Francisco while in law school at Golden Gate University School of Law, where she witnessed first-hand how stable employment relationships can provide dignity, self-worth, and personal empowerment to those people who enjoy them.

After spending her third year in law school at Golden Gate's Women's Employment Rights Clinic, Heather developed and honed a passion for helping employees with their legal matters. She opened her solo practice, Borlase Law Offices, in 2002. After three successful years she was joined in practice by her husband, Alan Bayer.

Heather is now a partner at Bayer & Borlase, a San Francisco-based law firm, where she and Mr. Bayer represent employees in all aspects of employment-related disputes from pre-litigation negotiation through trial and appeal.

In addition to her busy practice, Heather serves as 2007 Vice-President of Dolores Street Community Services, an organization that provides neighborhood-based shelter, housing, advocacy and support for working-poor men and formerly homeless people with AIDS seeking dignity, health and hope in San Francisco's Mission and Castro Districts. In 2006, she served as Vice President of the Barristers Club of the Bar Association of San Francisco, and in 2005, she was the Club's Treasurer. She is a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association and the American Constitution Society. She is also a member of the Judicial Independence Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, where she works to educate students, attorneys and the general public about the democratic process, and the importance of a strong and impartial judiciary.