Welcome to the Mofo+ Blog

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 06, 2020 - MoFo Women
#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
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March 06, 2020 - MoFo Women
#EachforEqual: Alja Poler De Zwart
Alja Poler De Zwart is a partner in MoFo’s Brussels office and is recognized as one of Belgium’s leading practitioners in the technology, media, and telecommunications fields. Her practice focuses on helping clients resolve complex legal issues and representing them in important privacy, data
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March 06, 2020 - MoFo Women
#EachforEqual: Alexa Belonick
Alexa Belonick is a corporate partner in MoFo’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on advising clients on a range of corporate and securities transactional matters, including financings and mergers and acquisitions, as well as on public reporting, compliance, and corporate governance. What does
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March 06, 2020 - MoFo Women
#EachforEqual: Mary Prendergast
Mary Prendergast is a litigation partner in MoFo’s Washington, D.C. office. Her practice focuses on litigating patent and trade secrets cases in district courts across the country and at the International Trade Commission. She frequently oversees the day-to-day strategy and management of complex litigation,
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March 06, 2020 - MoFo Women
#EachforEqual: Christin Hill
Christin Hill is a partner in MoFo’s San Francisco office and a member of the Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White-Collar Defense Group. Her practice focuses on representing clients in securities class actions and other complex civil litigation in both federal and state courts, as
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March 02, 2020 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo Honors the Centennial of the Harlem Renaissance With a Visit From Professor Chiyuma Elliott
On February 18, 2020, MoFo’s San Francisco office welcomed esteemed professor and poet Chiyuma Elliott for a discussion on the literature of the Harlem Renaissance, citizenship, and national belonging. Professor Elliott’s visit coincided with the 100 th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance , a
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February 27, 2020 - MoFo Pro Bono
Matters That Matter: February Pro Bono Roundup
Matters That Matter: February Pro Bono Roundup In this edition of Matters That Matter , we honor the many lawyers who have dedicated their time to important pro bono causes. This month, we highlight a variety of worthy projects, such as ensuring medical supplies
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February 26, 2020 - MoFo Life, MoFo Diversity
A Discussion with Stacey Abrams: The 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment and Where We Are Today
On February 11, in honor of Black History Month, MoFo partners, staff, clients, and friends welcomed Stacey Abrams, former minority leader in the Georgia state legislature and the 2018 Democratic candidate for Georgia governor to our New York office. MoFo’s Diversity Strategy and Black
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February 24, 2020 - MoFo Pro Bono
MoFo Secures Landmark Settlement Advancing California Schoolchildren’s Right to Literacy
In the first civil rights lawsuit ever brought under any state constitution to secure students’ right to achieve literacy, Morrison & Foerster and its co-counsel, Public Counsel , on Feb. 20, 2020, reached a groundbreaking settlement on behalf of schoolchildren across the State of
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February 20, 2020 - MoFo Pro Bono
MoFo Wins Verdict Holding Conditions in Customs & Border Protection Holding Cells Unconstitutional
In a groundbreaking decision, a federal district judge in Arizona granted a permanent injunction requiring a Customs & Border Protection (CBP) facility in Tucson to provide the civil detainees who are held there for more than 48 hours with a bed, blanket, shower, potable
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Welcome to the Mofo+ Blog

#EachforEqual: Julia Balas

#EachforEqual: Alja Poler De Zwart

#EachforEqual: Alexa Belonick

#EachforEqual: Mary Prendergast

#EachforEqual: Christin Hill

MoFo Honors the Centennial of the Harlem Renaissance With a Visit From Professor Chiyuma Elliott

Matters That Matter: February Pro Bono Roundup

A Discussion with Stacey Abrams: The 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment and Where We Are Today

MoFo Secures Landmark Settlement Advancing California Schoolchildren’s Right to Literacy

MoFo Wins Verdict Holding Conditions in Customs & Border Protection Holding Cells Unconstitutional