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*[[Brussels]] |
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*[[Denver]] (1979) |
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*[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] [[Beijing]] (1998) |
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*[[Hong Kong]] (1982) |
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*[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|20px]] [[Brussels]] |
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*[[London]] (1980) |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Denver]] ([[Republic Plaza (Denver)|Republic Plaza]]) (1979) |
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*[[Los Angeles]] (1974) |
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*[[Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg|20px]] [[Hong Kong]] ([[The Landmark (Hong Kong)|The Landmark]] (1982) |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] [[London]] ([[CityPoint]]) (1980) |
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*[[New York]] |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Los Angeles]] (1974) |
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*[[Palo Alto]] |
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*[[Sacramento]] |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[New York City]] |
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*[[San Diego]] |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Palo Alto]] |
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*[[San Francisco]] |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Sacramento]] |
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*[[Shanghai]] |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[San Diego]] |
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*[[Singapore]] |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[San Francisco]] ([[425 Market Street]]) |
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*[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] [[Shanghai]] |
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*[[Washington, D.C.]] (1979) |
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*[[Image:Flag of Singapore.svg|20px]] [[Singapore]] |
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*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Washington, D.C.]] (1979) |
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=== Former offices === |
=== Former offices === |
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*[[Buenos Aires]] (operated from 1999–2001) |
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] [[Buenos Aires]] (operated from 1999–2001) |
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*[[Century City, Los Angeles, California|Century City]] |
*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Century City, Los Angeles, California|Century City]] |
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*[[Irvine, California|Irvine]] (closed in 2008) |
*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Irvine, California|Irvine]] (closed in 2008) |
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*[[Walnut Creek, California|Walnut Creek]] (closed in 2010) |
*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Walnut Creek, California|Walnut Creek]] (closed in 2010) |
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== Noted professionals == |
== Noted professionals == |
Revision as of 09:15, 23 June 2013
Headquarters | 425 Market Street San Francisco United States |
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No. of offices | 16 |
No. of attorneys | 1004 |
Major practice areas | Mergers and acquisitions, litigation and arbitration, corporate finance, corporate restructuring, securities, banking, project finance, energy and infrastructure, antitrust, tax, intellectual property, life sciences |
Key people | Larren M. Nashelsky (Chair) |
Revenue | $963.5 million (2012)[1] |
Date founded | 1883 |
Founder | Alexander Morrison |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website | www.mofo.com |
Morrison & Foerster LLP (MoFo) is a large, full-service law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers in 16 offices. The firm was founded in San Francisco in 1883, and its largest office is still located there. It was founded by Alexander Francis Morrison, a graduate of the UC Hastings College of Law. Its lawyers have experience in a broad range of practice areas, including corporate transactions, financial services and regulation, life sciences law, and IP litigation. Morrison & Foerster was the chief international counsel for the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games.
Awards
Morrison & Foerster was recently named Chambers Global's 2013 USA Law Firm of the Year. The firm has been consistently ranked on the American Lawyer's A-List. In 2005 the firm was ranked #11, in 2006 #6, in 2007 #16, in 2008 #20, in 2009 #8, and in 2011 #13.[2]
Offices
Current offices
As of June 2013, Morrison & Foerster has 16 offices:
- Beijing (1998)
- Brussels
- Denver (Republic Plaza) (1979)
- Hong Kong (The Landmark (1982)
- London (CityPoint) (1980)
- Los Angeles (1974)
- McLean (2000)
- New York City
- Palo Alto
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco (425 Market Street)
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Tokyo (Shin-Marunouchi Building) (1987) - formed joint operation with the Japanese law firm of Ito & Mitomi in 2001[3]
- Washington, D.C. (1979)
Former offices
- Buenos Aires (operated from 1999–2001)
- Century City
- Irvine (closed in 2008)
- Walnut Creek (closed in 2010)
Noted professionals
- Drew S. Days, III, who served as the U.S. Solicitor General from 1993 to 1996, and who currently is of counsel
- Beth Brinkmann, who was the Assistant to the Solicitor General of the U.S. from 1993 until 2001, and who until 2009 was a partner
- Tony West, currently Acting Associate Attorney General of the United States
- Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently of counsel at the firm and also a commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission
- Crystal McKellar, former child actress who played Becky Slater in the hit series The Wonder Years, former associate with the firm[4]
- Shirley Hufstedler, first U.S. Secretary of Education from 1979-1981, who currently is a senior of counsel.
Nickname
The firm's nickname is "MoFo." During the dot-com era of the 1990s, when it was fashionable for American companies to appear irreverent, the nickname was prominently featured in the firm's advertising, both online and offline. It gained further notoriety through a bit by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. Leno joked that the firm's clients could shout, "Get me my MoFo lawyer!"
Additionally, the home board game Trivial Pursuit has a question circulating in current versions asking "What four-letter nickname is used by the law firm Morrison & Foerster?"
References
- ^ "http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202571228982&The_2012_Global_100_Most_Revenue&slreturn=20130217130729". Retrieved 2013-03-17.
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- ^ http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202498033012
- ^ http://www.mofo.jp/about/
- ^ "Crystal Scripps McKellar". Morrison & Foerster. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24.