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February 13, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
Partner Spotlight: Trevor James
By: Trevor L James
Trevor James is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Tax Group. He has over 30 years of experience providing corporate and international tax advice on a broad range of cross-border transactions, including public and private M&A, debt and acquisition finance, fund formation, and corporate
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February 10, 2023 - MoFo Women, MoFo Diversity
Lawyers of Color Names Samantha Rose to its Hot List 2022
By: Samantha Rose
Lawyers of Color has named MoFo's Samantha Rose to their Hot List 2022. The publication recognizes early-to mid-career attorneys who have demonstrated excellence in their respective practice areas. The honorees are chosen by a selection committee that spends months reviewing nominations and researching bar
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February 03, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
Faces of MoFo: Alex Devine
Editors’ Note: Read about Alex Devine, a New York associate in our Transactions Department, in the latest installment of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series. As a Millennial coming of age in the 2000s, I always wanted to be an attorney. This was likely the
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February 01, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
Celebrating Black History Month
February is Black History Month and MoFo is proud to celebrate and honor the many contributions made by members of our Black communities throughout history, while also acknowledging and raising awareness about the deeply inequitable treatment of Black people in the United States. This
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January 31, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
National Mentoring Month: Spotlight on New Diverse and Women Partner Liaison Program
As we reach the end of National Mentoring Month, we highlight the fifth and final program of MoFo Navigate : the New Diverse and Women Partner Liaison Program. Our future as a firm depends on the investment we make today in developing the next
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January 24, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
National Mentoring Month: Promoting a Culture of Sponsorship at MoFo
During the fourth week of National Mentoring Month, we will focus on MoFo’s sponsorship efforts. Sponsorship is the step beyond mentorship, occurring when a partner takes on the responsibility of promoting the career advancement of a high-performing associate (i.e., their protégé) at the firm.
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January 17, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
National Mentoring Month 2023: Spotlight on Affinity Mentoring Programs
Investing in the next generation of diverse leaders is a key priority at MoFo. This week, during National Mentoring Month, we spotlight MoFo Navigate’s Affinity Mentoring Programs: the Diversity Mentoring Program and the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Mentoring Program. Diversity Mentoring Program Based
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January 10, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
National Mentoring Month: Spotlight on Associate Liaison and Pathway Mentoring Programs
We continue our celebration of National Mentoring Month with a spotlight on MoFo Navigate’s Associate Liaison and Pathway Mentoring Programs. Associate Liaison Program As attorneys begin their careers at MoFo, it’s important that they find the right kind of support and mentorship. Through the
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January 05, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
Celebrating National Mentoring Month
January is National Mentoring Month. At MoFo, we understand that effective mentorship is critical to each attorney’s success. That is why we are thrilled to celebrate and recognize the one-year anniversary of MoFo Navigate. MoFo Navigate is a global initiative which unifies the firm’s
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December 15, 2022 - MoFo Pro Bono
MoFo Gives an Assist to Soccer Player Fighting Sex Discrimination
By: Christine Y. Wong and Rachel S. Dolphin
As World Cup matches ignite the dreams of our country’s legion of young soccer players, we proudly share this news of player Noriana Radwan’s successful appeal of the dismissal of her case claiming sex discrimination by the University of Connecticut athletic department. Radwan's case
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