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Morrison Foerster has a long-standing commitment to diversity, inclusion, and pro bono work. MoFo+ shares news and thought leadership from our lawyers and their teams who are proud to contribute to the legal profession and the communities we call home.

March 19, 2021 - MoFo Women
Celebrating the Powerful Women Leading the Way for MoFo
Women’s History Month is a time to celebrate the many economic, political, and social achievements of women. Each year, a theme is chosen to highlight and celebrate the contributions of women. This year’s theme, “ Valiant Women and the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced
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March 19, 2021 - MoFo Women
Women’s History Month: Theresa Foudy
Theresa Foudy is a Litigation partner in MoFo’s New York office. Her practice focuses on representing Chapter 11 debtors, creditors’ committees, indenture trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, private equity sponsors, independent directors, and distressed investors through all stages of bankruptcy litigation. She has worked
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March 19, 2021 - MoFo Women
Women’s History Month: Crystal Kaldjob
Crystal Kaldjob is co-chair of MoFo’s FinTech practice and a Financial Services partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Her practice focuses on advising financial services clients on a wide range of regulatory and transactional issues. This includes advising clients, ranging from merchants and fintech
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March 19, 2021 - MoFo Women
Women’s History Month: Jackie Liu
Jackie Liu is a corporate and transactional partner in MoFo’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on corporate counseling of public companies, mergers and acquisitions, and the China practice. Jackie is outside general counsel to a number of public companies with whom she has
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March 19, 2021 - MoFo Women
Women’s History Month: Angela Kerek
Angela Kerek is a Finance partner in MoFo’s Berlin office. Her practice focuses on advising clients in banking and finance law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and venture finance, and restructurings. Providing counsel on deals for SoundCloud, Renolit, Deutsche Börse, Funke, Pamplona, leading banks for
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March 17, 2021 - MoFo Women, MoFo Diversity
Faces of MoFo: Jocelyn Greer
Editors’ Note: As part of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series, Jocelyn Greer , an associate in the firm’s Securities Litigation and Investigation + White Collar Defense Practices, discusses her career path and what led her to call MoFo home. When did you first
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March 16, 2021 - MoFo Diversity, MoFo Pro Bono
NAACP LDF Assistant Counsel Cara McClellan on Racially Disproportionate Discipline in Our Schools
MoFo’s Diversity Strategy Committee recently hosted a special panel presentation to round out our celebration of Black History Month, featuring NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) Assistant Counsel Cara McClellan. Prior to joining LDF, Cara’s career path included teaching middle school with Teach
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March 11, 2021 - MoFo Women, MoFo Community, MoFo Diversity
MOFO ALUMNA SPOTLIGHT: JUDGE RITA F. LIN
The Honorable Rita F. Lin was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to serve as a Superior Court Judge for the County of San Francisco, State of California, in 2018. Judge Lin is currently assigned to the criminal courthouse, presiding over felony and misdemeanor criminal
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February 26, 2021 - MoFo Women, MoFo Community, MoFo Diversity
MoFo Alumna Spotlight: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a United States District Judge who serves on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Jackson’s judicial service began on March 26, 2013, when President Barack Obama signed her commission. The docket of the federal district
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February 23, 2021 - MoFo Life, MoFo Diversity
Partner Spotlight: Mark Whitaker
Mark Whitaker is co-chair of the firm’s global IP Litigation Practice and cross-disciplinary Intellectual Property Group. Mark’s clients benefit from his more than 30 years of experience crafting litigation strategies in high-stakes patent and trade secret litigation. He is a U.S. Navy veteran, serving
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