Diana Barrett Kruze joined the Palo Alto litigation department of Morrison & Foerster in 2006. She practices general commercial litigation, with an emphasis on patent litigation.

Ms. Kruze graduated from New York University, magna cum laude , with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Russian Studies. Ms. Kruze received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, graduating in the top 5% of her class. While at Hastings, Ms. Kruze served as the senior symposium editor for the Hastings Law Journal. Ms. Kruze was also an active participant in the school’s moot court program. Ms. Kruze’s team won first place and best brief in the 2005 BMI/Cardozo Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition. In the final round, Ms. Kruze argued in front of Justice Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit and Judge Patel of the Northern District of California. Ms. Kruze received Witkin awards (for the highest grade in the class) in several subjects, including California Civil Procedure and Evidence. She also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong, United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Ms. Kruze is admitted to practice in California.