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March 13, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
Celebrating Black History Month: A Conversation with Bruce Jackson
By: Eric Akira Tate
As part of MoFo’s celebration of Black History Month, San Francisco partner Eric Tate moderated a fireside chat with Bruce Jackson, Associate General Counsel at Microsoft and author of Never Far from Home. Bruce has spent his career empowering minorities within the corporate world.
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March 10, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo Selects LCLD Fellow and Pathfinders for 2023
By: Chere C. See and Sheryl Janet George
Founded in 2009, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) is an organization of more than 400 members, who serve as either general counsel of major corporations or managing partners of the nation’s leading law firms. Morrison Foerster has been a proud member for
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March 08, 2023 - MoFo Women, MoFo Diversity
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023
By: Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc, Melissa M. Crespo, Shaelyn K. Dawson, Aya Eguchi, Katherine Erbeznik and Lily Li
International Women’s Day—celebrated on March 8, 2023—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
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March 03, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
Faces of MoFo: Sheryl George
By: Sheryl Janet George
Editors’ Note: Read about Sheryl George , an associate in our New York office, in the latest installment of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series. I love what I do. What a privilege to be able to say that; that I genuinely enjoy my
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February 27, 2023 - MoFo Pro Bono
MoFo Miami Lawyers Secure Green Cards for Afghan Refugee Family
By: Giselle Caridad Sardiñas
Miami attorneys Giselle Sardinas and Leonela Vaccaro Padron, two volunteers of one of largest pro bono projects in the firm's recent history , successfully aided an Afghan refugee family of six in obtaining their green cards under the special immigrant visa (SIV) program for
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February 13, 2023 - MoFo Life
MoFo Boot Camp Sets Associates Up for Success
By: Alfredo B. D. Silva, Katie L. Viggiani and Rose S. Lee
Building a strong legal foundation is essential to an attorney’s success. That is why MoFo developed MoFoundations, a tailored learning and development path that provides first-year associates with professional and practice skills, practical knowledge, and opportunities to integrate and engage with the MoFo community.
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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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