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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.

July 26, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
Meet MoFo’s IP Litigators: Arturo González
Arturo González is chair of MoFo’s Commercial Litigation & Trial Group and is well known for his bet-the-company, high-profile trial victories. He has been as successful at defending companies in $1 billion dollar lawsuits as he has been at securing head-turning verdicts for plaintiffs,
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July 26, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
Meet MoFo’s IP Litigators: Shaelyn Dawson
Shaelyn Dawson is an associate in MoFo’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on representing clients in copyright and patent cases in the electronics, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical industries. She has coordinated fact and expert discovery, taken and defended fact and expert depositions, drafted motions
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July 26, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
Meet MoFo’s IP Litigators: Chanwoo Park
Chanwoo Park is an associate in MoFo’s New York office. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, including patent, trade secret, and copyright disputes in federal courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). He has represented clients in intellectual property matters involving
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July 25, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
Meet MoFo’s IP Litigators: Richard Hung
Richard Hung is co-chair of the firm’s IP Litigation Group and the cross-disciplinary Intellectual Property Group. He leads complex technology matters for clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts, including both high-stakes patent litigation and litigation against non-practicing patent holders. We recently
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July 17, 2019 - MoFo Women, MoFo Pro Bono
Kudos to Jamie Levitt and Rhiannon Batchelder for Defending Women’s Reproductive Rights
Earlier this year, MoFo released a special edition of its MoProBono newsletter, titled “ Women’s Advocacy in Action ,” highlighting the many efforts our lawyers have made towards the advancement of women and women’s rights. As a follow-up to that, we wanted to give
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July 15, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
Partner Spotlight: John Smith
John Smith is co-head of Morrison & Foerster’s National Security practice, and a member of the Crisis Management Group and Investigations + White Collar Defense Group. Prior to joining the firm in July 2018, John served as Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office
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July 11, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo Shows That Pride is Universal
Although New York was the city chosen to host the 5th annual WorldPride celebration, MoFo offices all around the world showed that Pride is truly universal. This year’s WorldPride coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, considered to be one of the
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June 27, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo Proud: Brian Bates
MoFo is proud of our LGBTQ+ lawyers and the contributions that they make to the firm and our communities every month of the year, but Pride Month is an especially exciting time for the firm as we come together to celebrate LGBTQ+ history, culture,
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June 26, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo Hosts a Conversation with Stonewall Inn’s Stacy Lentz
In celebration of Pride Month, MoFo hosted an illuminating presentation by long-time LGBTQ+ rights activist and co-owner of the historic Stonewall Inn Stacy Lentz. On June 12, 2019, attendees in the firm’s New York office — and those watching via live-stream across the firm’s
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June 25, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo Proud: Sue Borschel
MoFo is proud of our LGBTQ+ lawyers and the contributions that they make to the firm and our communities every month of the year, but Pride Month is an especially exciting time for the firm as we come together to celebrate LGBTQ+ history, culture,
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