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Our team of civil litigators include some of the top trial and appellate lawyers in the U.S., Japan, China and the U.K. Learn more about our litigation team.

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Erin Bosman is the global co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s litigation department. Erin is also the founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence group and former chair of the Complex Litigation + Advisement practice group. Clients value her business strategy, seeking her comprehensive counsel throughout the product life cycle, especially in high-stakes litigation and product recalls.Erin's clients value her litigation acumen, retaining her as national coordinating and trial counsel in class action cases and multijurisdictional and multidistrict proceedings. She navigates complex business relationships and serves as a defense liaison counsel in cases where multiple defendants have conflicting defenses. A skilled negotiator, Erin has a long track record of securing dismissals and favorable settlements for her clients. When trial is needed, her compelling courtroom skills have delivered successful jury verdicts and appellate victories.Outside the courtroom, Erin maintains a robust advisement practice, drawing on her litigation experience to counsel clients on product development, risk assessments, product labeling, and risk mitigation strategies to help them avoid and defeat product liability claims. When necessary, Erin advises on crisis management and guides clients through product recalls, representing clients before the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).Erin is a problem-solver through and through. In that role, she advises clients on some of their most difficult product questions, with particular focus on emerging technologies in untested regulatory and litigation landscapes. She is a leader in the fields of wearables and digital health, medical device and pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. Erin counsels clients that have innovative products in the technology and artificial intelligence sector. In addition to her knowledge and experience in the AI space, Erin has also advised clients working with autonomous vehicles, sensors, robotics, and IoT.Erin has received numerous accolades for her legal work, including by the Daily Journal, Chambers USA, and The Legal 500 US, where market commentators praised her as “an exceptional strategist with highly effective negotiation skills” who “has the respect and admiration of her team and her clients.” Erin is a two-time recipient of  “Product Liability Lawyer of the Year” from Euromoney America’s Women in Business Law Awards, honoring high-achieving female lawyers and progressive law firms. In 2025, Erin was again recommended in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants by Best Lawyers in America. The Legal 500 continues to recognize Erin as a Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action. She was also named as a “Top Healthcare Lawyer” by the Daily Journal, honoring her as a leading California lawyer who specializes in healthcare litigation, transactions, and counseling. Erin was also short listed in the Financial Times’ North American Innovative Lawyers Awards in the Most Innovative Legal Practitioner category for her expertise in solving clients’ problems.Erin is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC), a member of the editorial board for Product Liability Law 360, and a former editor of and frequent contributor to MoFo’s <a target="_blank" href="http://classdismissed.mofo.com/">Class Dismissed</a> blog.<h5>More About Erin</h5>In 1997, Erin was a judicial extern for the Honorable James F. Stiven, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of California. In 1999, she received her J.D. magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of San Diego School of Law. During law school, she was an editor of the San Diego Law Review.

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Co-Chair, Litigation Department

Rich is the Global Co-Chair of Morrison Foerster’s Litigation Department. He previously co-led the firm’s IP Litigation Group and the cross–disciplinary Intellectual Property Group for over a decade. He brings his knowledge as a registered patent lawyer and a Federal Circuit clerk to lead complex technology matters for clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in high–stakes patent litigation, competitor‑on–competitor cases, non–practicing entity assertions, and trade secret misappropriation disputes—obtaining consent judgments in multiple cases. Rich also represents clients in adversarial proceedings before the U.S. PTO and counsels clients on strategic offensive and defensive patent licensing and acquisition issues. His matters have spanned a broad range of technologies, including:<ul><li>Internet search</li><li>Cryptography</li><li>Programmable logic devices</li><li>Graphical user interfaces</li><li>Smartphones</li><li>Water filtration consumer appliances</li></ul>Rich earned dual bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and economics from Stanford University and his law degree from Columbia Law School. In law school, he externed for the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, then with the Southern District of New York. He was also a James Kent Scholar, a moot court editor and judge, and a recipient of the Carroll G. Harper Prize for excellence in intellectual property. After law school, Rich clerked for the Honorable Paul Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.In 2014, Rich was appointed by then San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee to serve as a Neutral Commissioner on the San Francisco Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board. He served two terms as President and remains on the board of directors of the Asian Law Alliance, a non-profit organization that provides pro bono legal assistance to the Asian/Pacific Islander community in the Silicon Valley. Rich is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.Rich previously tried multiple criminal cases—all to favorable verdicts—with the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.

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When Your Life Sciences Are on the Line: Product Liability and Mass Torts

The Counsel/Solicitor Relationship: Dispelling the Myths

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Can Lead to Economic Isolation

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London Sanctions Event: A 2020 Review and What to Expect for 2021

Japan Depositions During the Pandemic

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