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- Editors’ Note: MoFo’s Women’s Strategy Committee (WSC) comprises both male and female partners and associates who strive to foster women attorneys’ development and professional success. In a recent program hosted by the WSC, Boston-based finance associate Maria Strickland interviewed privacy partner Julie O’Neill and... ›
Women of Influence: Five Things You Should Know About San Francisco Partner Stacey Sprenkel
Stacey Sprenkel leads Morrison & Foerster’s Global Ethics and Compliance practice and is a member of the firm’s global anti-corruption team. Stacey regularly assists clients with global risk assessments, conducting anti-corruption and compliance focused due diligence in connection with acquisitions and other transactions, and... ›MoFo Staff Spotlight: Meyvelin Flores
A Special Connection to Immigrant Clients When MoFo Government Contracts partner Tina Reynolds first approached Meyvelin Flores 12 years ago seeking help with interpreting Spanish for a new pro bono client in the firm’s Northern Virginia (NoVa) office, Meyvelin, then a receptionist, was more... ›Faces of MoFo: Zainab Ali
Editors’ Note: Read about Zainab Ali, a Los Angeles associate in our Litigation Department, in the latest installment of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series. I was born in the United States to an Austrian mother and an Iraqi father, but soon went to... ›Women Are Gaining Ground… But For the Right Reasons?
Editors’ note: Today, we publish Part II of New York-based litigation associate and MoFo Women’s Strategy Committee member Katie Viggiani ’s interview with the esteemed N.Y.U. Law School Professor Melissa Murray. Here Professor Murray addresses women in the legal profession. In addition to teaching... ›The Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession and Beyond: A Conversation With Professor Melissa Murray
In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, on March 4, 2020, New York-based litigation associate and MoFo Women’s Strategy Committee member Katie Viggiani interviewed the esteemed New York University Law School Professor Melissa Murray. A Yale Law School graduate and an... ›Women of Influence: Five Things You Should Know About New York Partner Kristen Mathews
Kristen Mathews , partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Privacy + Data Security practice, is one of the many lawyers leading the way for MoFo. For over 20 years, she has been a lead advisor to her clients on some of the most complex privacy... ›Celebrating International Women’s Day & the Women of MoFo’s 2020 Partner Class
International Women’s Day—celebrated on March 8, 2020—is a globally recognized day to honor the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is also a day to shine a light on the steps we still need to take to accelerate women’s equality. The... ›#EachforEqual: Anita Choi
Anita Choi is a litigation partner in MoFo’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on patent prosecution, diligence, and litigation support across a wide array of technologies and fields, such as biochemical and renewable materials, clean technology, agriculture, food products, materials science, molecular diagnostics,... ›#EachforEqual: Julia Balas
Julia Balas, a corporate partner in MoFo’s Project Finance Group, is based in the Los Angeles and New York offices. Her practice focuses on representing developers of renewable energy projects, and assisting them with all aspects of their project development needs. She also advises... ›