Philip Besirof is a partner in the litigation department of Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco office.

Mr. Besirof maintains a complex civil litigation practice, principally in the areas of intellectual property disputes; securities class actions; financial services; trade secrets; business/contract disputes, and real estate.

Mr. Besirof is a member of Morrison & Foerster’s Patent Litigation Group; Securities Litigation and White-Collar Defense Group; and Financial Services Litigation Practice Group.

In 1993, Mr. Besirof received his bachelor’s degree, with Provost’s honors, from the University of California, San Diego. In 1996, Mr. Besirof received his J.D., with honors, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Mr. Besirof was a member of the Order of the Coif, and worked as an article’s editor of the Hastings Law Journal . Mr. Besirof served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Fern M. Smith, United States District Judge, Northern District of California.

Mr. Besirof is a member of the State Bar of California; the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California; and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits.