Hanna Lauritzen is an associate in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation Group. 

Hanna represents corporations and their officers and directors in securities class actions, derivative suits, and other complex commercial litigation. Her practice is complemented by her representation of organizations and executives in connection with internal investigations and government inquiries, as well as in litigation brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hanna maintains an active pro bono practice focused on immigrant rights.     

Hanna received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as editor-in-chief of A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual, published and distributed by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. While in law school, Hanna worked on behalf of immigrants and the criminally accused at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, The Legal Aid Society, and the Center for Appellate Litigation. Hanna is fluent in Spanish.

Representative Experience

• Former CFO in an SEC lawsuit arising out of an accounting restatement.
  
• Palo Alto Networks and three of its officers in a securities class action alleging that they made false or misleading statements regarding the company’s consolidation initiatives. Won motion to dismiss.
  
• MaxLinear and two of its officers in a securities class action and a securities fraud suit alleging that they made false or misleading statements about the company’s intent to complete a merger with Silicon Motion.
  
• Hawaiian Telcom in multiple matters related to the August 2023 Maui wildfires.
  
• Pro bono client in a lawsuit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act.