Morrison & Foerster Alumni News - Winter 2020

MoForever Winter 2020 | 20 MoFo founding members (left to right): MoFo Patent Litigation partner Eric Acker, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at The Clorox Company Mark Danis, former MoFo Patent Counseling + Prosecution senior of counsel Kate H. Murashige, and MoFo Patent Litigation senior of counsel David Doyle. F I RM UPDAT ES MoFo chair Larren Nashelsky addressed the D.C. office volunteers at a reception following the service project, thanking the staff for their efforts. He also acknowledged the D.C. office’s ongoing commitment to community service and pro bono work, noting the D.C.-based pro bono team’s representation of Georgia voters in challenging the state’s unsecure and unreliable voting system — a matter that was recognized on National Law Journal ’s Pro Bono Hot List. MoFo Celebrates 20 Years in San Diego “Reflect, Imagine, Celebrate” was the theme that MoFo used to mark the 20th anniversary of its San Diego office opening. In honor of the occasion, members of MoFo’s San Diego office welcomed roughly 200 guests, including alumni, clients, friends, community leaders, and members of the local technology, life sciences, biotech, business, and philanthropic communities, for a night of celebration and reflection on October 17, 2019. In recognition of the milestone, all of the office’s original founding members were in attendance, including Mark Danis, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at The Clorox Company; Eric Acker, MoFo Patent Litigation partner; Kate H. Murashige, retired MoFo Patent Counseling + Prosecution senior of counsel; and Andrea C. Hyder, the firm’s first secretary. In addition, MoFo chair Larren Nashelsky was present for the celebration. To mark the occasion, the San Diego office was transformed to highlight significant moments in the firm’s past, present, and future. Each room was decorated to represent significant years for the office, including 1999, 2009, and 2019, as well as a futuristic 2039 room. MoFo also used the occasion to give back to the local community by contributing a $10 donation on behalf of each guest, which was donated to The Legal Aid Society of San Diego and the North County Food Bank (a chapter of the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank).