Morrison & Foerster

Diversity has long been a core value of Morrison & Foerster. We believe acquiring and developing diverse attorney talent enables us to offer a wide range of perspectives to provide exemplary services to our clients.

In partnership with the OnRamp 200 Program, Morrison & Foerster hopes to recruit two OnRamp Fellows for the 2025-2026 cohort. Fellows will receive formal and informal mentoring throughout their one-year fellowship.

 

Fellowship Opportunity:

Office: Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Diego or San Francisco

Position: IP Litigation Associate Attorney

Candidates will have familiarity with and knowledge of the following:

• Experience with intellectual property litigation matters, including patent and/or trade secret litigation.


• Strong experience in managing discovery and writing briefs.


• Undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is preferred. We may consider other related technical degrees.

Professional skills highly desired include:

• Exercising sound legal and business knowledge in working on a broad spectrum of cases and counseling clients with respect to ongoing matters.


• Excellent communication skills are key: ability to attentively listen, actively engage, and concisely and effectively communicate complex matters in oral and written form.


• A strong work ethic, excellent leadership skills, and action-oriented interest in taking on increased levels of responsibility for client matters will add to your success on our team.

Practice Group Overview:

As a patent litigation powerhouse, Morrison & Foerster represents clients in their highest-profile and most complex patent disputes in the tech, life sciences, and the consumer products industries. Although we are capable of resolving matters before trial, the prowess of our courtroom litigators is second to none. We stand out for our superb knowledge of patent law, experience with judges in high-volume patent venues, and facility with explaining cutting-edge technologies to juries. The practice group is led by Bita Rahebi, Mark Whitaker, Brian Nash, and Tim Saulsbury.

Over the last five years alone, we have litigated more than 300 patent disputes in the most active district courts in the nation, including the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the District of Delaware, and the Northern and Central Districts of California. We regularly appear before agencies and tribunals such as the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). And when IP cases make their way to the Federal Circuit or Supreme Court, our experienced bench of appellate lawyers can help clients successfully navigate the appellate process. We also have significant experience litigating in global forums, including in Japan and Germany.

In general, Morrison & Foerster is consistently ranked for its litigation capabilities throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. We regularly work on complex, high-stakes, and bet-the-company disputes. Our clients, whether they are Fortune 100 multinationals or early-stage tech companies, turn to us for help with their most difficult legal issues. We work closely with them to understand their businesses, identify potential areas of legal exposure, devise strategies to manage risk, and, where appropriate, resolve disputes short of trial. If it comes to trial, Morrison & Foerster litigators win.

Our firm has a long-standing commitment to our culture and diversity. We encourage you to learn more about who we are, and what we do. Should you find you are ready to do the best legal work of your life, we encourage you to let us know!