Even in an arena filled with nearly 20,000 people, Michelle Obama has the power to command the sort of presence that makes you feel like you’re having an intimate conversation. That is what members of the MoFo community and their guests experienced this December at the much-anticipated tour for Mrs. Obama’s book Becoming. ...›
Morrison & Foerster San Francisco partner Claudia Vetesi was inducted to the Equal Rights Advocates’ (ERA) board of directors. The ERA is a national civil rights organization dedicated to protecting and expanding economic and educational access and opportunities for women and girls. ...›
Susan Gault-Brown, a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office, is a member of the Financial Services Group, chairs the firm’s Investment Management Group, and co-chairs the firm’s Blockchain + Smart Contracts Group. Her practice is focused on advising leading companies in the investment management, FinTech, and financial services sectors. She regularly provides advice ...›
MoFo D.C. partner Natalie Fleming Nolen and associate Crystal Kaldjob were in attendance at the 14th Annual Corporate Counsel Women of Color (CCWC) Career Strategies Conference in New York. ...›
Morrison & Foerster celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Singapore office on November 23, 2018, by taking the opportunity to give back to the country’s community. At Willing Hearts, a Singapore charity run and supplied entirely by volunteers, the Singapore office’s lawyers and staff helped to prepare the 6,000 meals that are distributed every day ...›
Morrison & Foerster pro bono attorneys in London have joined forces with the nonprofit charity Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K) to handle disability benefit appeals and help clients navigate a broken social security and welfare benefits system in the UK. ...›
Jennifer Marines, deputy chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Finance Department and partner in the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Group (BRIC), has been referred to as “an experienced attorney capable of running even the most thorny restructurings” by Law360. ...›
Morrison & Foerster’s Steve Kaufmann, a financial services litigation partner based in Washington, D.C., was recently honored by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law as a “Best New Board Member.” Mr. Kaufmann and his co-recipient, the Honorable Shira Scheindlin, were presented with this prestigious award during the committee’s 2018 Annual Awards Reception in New York on December 5. ...›
The MoFo Women’s Strategy Committee recently unveiled its new brochure, centered on the theme of accomplishment and aptly named MoFo Women. ...›
Morrison & Foerster recently hosted a screening of Boy Erased, a coming-of-age film set in Arkansas that tells the story of a small-town pastor’s courageous son, who is pressured to undergo “conversion therapy,” also known as “reparative” or “ex-gay” therapy, which has been described by The Atlantic as “controversial mental health practices intended to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.” ...›