Mr. Monach received his B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1976, where he was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979. He associated with Morrison & Foerster in 1979 and became a partner in the firm in 1985. From November 1984 to March 1985, Mr. Monach served as a Deputy Public Defender trying serious felony cases in the San Francisco Public Defender’s office.

Mr. Monach has a trial and appellate litigation and arbitration practice, with special emphasis on intellectual property and other commercial disputes involving high-technology clients. Mr. Monach’s recent litigation practice includes software, telecommunications, biotechnology, chemical, semiconductor processing, and medical device patent cases. His civil jury trial practice also has included several complex fraud cases, disputes between electric utilities and independent power producers, securities and breach of fiduciary duty litigation, and other commercial disputes. Mr. Monach advises and represents clients in disputes concerning software development and software copyright infringement and technology licensing. Mr. Monach is a lecturer in continuing education and trial practice courses for lawyers.