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February 14, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFoundations MoFo Story: Mark Donovan
By: Mark Francis Donovan
Editor’s note: Read about transactions associate Mark Donovan, who participated in the 2023 MoFoundations Program in our Boston office, in this installment of our MoFo Stories series. After speaking to countless attorneys, professors, friends, and anyone who would listen, one theme defined all of my discussions
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February 14, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFoundations MoFo Story: Melinda Gilani
By: Melinda Gilani
Editor’s note: Read about transactions associate Melinda Gilani, who participated in the 2023 MoFoundations Program in our San Francisco office, in this installment of our MoFo Stories series. Joining MoFo marks the beginning of an exciting chapter in my career, and I’m grateful to MoFoundations for
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February 14, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFoundations: Paving the Way to Success
By: Mark Francis Donovan, Melinda Gilani and Keniece Y. Gray
The transition to the role of first-year associate is a significant step in a lawyer’s career. To facilitate this transition, our Attorney Learning & Development Group has developed MoFoundations, a curriculum tailored specifically for recent law school graduates and judicial clerks. MoFoundations is designed
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February 14, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFoundations MoFo Story: Keniece Gray
By: Keniece Y. Gray
Editor’s note: Read about litigation associate Keniece Gray, who participated in the 2023 MoFoundations Program in our Washington, D.C. office, in this installment of our MoFo Stories series. My MoFo journey began in fall 2020 and has been a demonstration of mutual commitment to
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October 23, 2023 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFo Associates Learn Practical Trial and Litigation Skills through Immersive Partner-Led Training
By: Daralyn Durie and Michael Komorowski
Earlier this month, 15 MoFo associates took part in a partner-led immersive Trial Skills Training program in San Francisco. The program gave associates an opportunity to practice their trial skills so that they are ready to hit the ground running when they go to
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October 03, 2023 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
Climate Week 2023: MoFo Highlights Environmental Sustainability Issues
By: Krista S. deBoer and Cedar Hobbs
Throughout September, Morrison Foerster’s Environmental Sustainability (ES) Committees focused on climate with several initiatives and activities across the firm. Krista deBoer, associate and co-chair of the San Diego ES Committee, and Cedar Hobbs, associate and member of the San Diego ES Committee, led a
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June 27, 2023 - MoFo Community
MoFo Singapore’s Community Day of Service 2023
MoFo Singapore is delighted to continue our long-standing support of Willing Hearts—a Singapore charity that prepares and distributes 11,000+ daily meals to low-income families, the elderly, migrant workers, and persons with special needs to over 70 locations island wide every day. As part of
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June 26, 2023 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
Summer Associate Book Talk: A Conversation with Professor Stephen Vladeck
By: Joseph R. Palmore
As part of MoFo’s summer associate programming, MoFo recently welcomed Professor Stephen Vladeck to discuss his New York Times Bestseller book The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic. Joe Palmore, MoFo’s Appellate and Supreme
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May 03, 2023 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
Building Professional Relationships: A Conversation with Michael Melcher
By: Alexis A. Amezcua
MoFo Litigation partner Alexis Amezcua recently conducted a fireside chat in our San Francisco office with author and executive coach Michael Urtuzuástegui Melcher titled “Your Invisible Network: Achieving Your Professional Potential by Investing in Relationships – and How to Do This in 20 Minutes
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September 20, 2022 - MoFo Community, MoFo Diversity
Partner Spotlight: Nate Mendell
By: Nathaniel R. Mendell
Nathaniel (Nate) Mendell is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Practice Group and was the former Acting U.S. Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. He represents companies, financial institutions, boards, and executives through all
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