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Making the transition from law student to lawyer can be both exciting and challenging. To support new associates as they take this important step, Morrison Foerster’s Attorney Learning & Development Group created MoFo Activate. MoFo Activate kicks off with an in-person two-day intensive training experience designed to prepare associates to show up effectively and with excellence to assignments, to firm events, and to relationships with clients and colleagues.Read the full <a href="https://together.mofo.com/topics/activating-excellence-mofo-s-junior-associate-training-program" target="_blank">blog post</a>.

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Jennifer Marines serves as global vice chair of Morrison Foerster, Head of the firm’s global Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group, a member of the Woman’s Strategy Committee, and a member of the Firm’s Finance and Benefits Committee. She has extensive experience in representing chapter 11 debtors, creditors, investors, and other parties in interest in all aspects of complex corporate restructurings, including chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, and distressed acquisitions.Jennifer has built a highly successful and peer-recognized practice in the restructuring and work-outs space, routinely representing companies and their boards in navigating complex distressed situations. Jennifer also has extensive experience advising official committees of creditors, negotiating and structuring financings and other commercial transactions, and representing clients seeking to purchase businesses and related assets out of chapter 11 proceedings. Jennifer is recognized by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US in the area of corporate restructuring. She has recently been recognized as one of “Top Women in Dealmaking” by The Deal and a “Top Woman Dealmaker” by Global M&A Network. She has also been named an “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” for 2016–2020 by Turnarounds & Workouts and a “Bankruptcy Rising Star” for 2016 and 2017 by Law360. The American Bankruptcy Institute also honored Jennifer in 2018 as one of their “40 Under 40,” a list recognizing emerging leaders in insolvency practice.

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Julie Park is the practice group chair of Morrison Foerster’s Complex Litigation + Advisement practice group and managing partner of the San Diego office.Julie protects her clients’ products throughout the product life cycle. Drawing on her deep technical and legal experience, she counsels clients on consumer product safety regulation and pharmaceutical and medical device preemption. She manages complex and multijurisdictional litigation both in state and federal court and also guides clients through product recalls.Clients appreciate Julie’s ability to assess both the practical business implications and legal impact of a matter. They also value the way she recommends solutions that meet their objectives.Julie is committed to providing thought leadership for her clients. She is an editor of, and frequent contributor to, MoFo’s <a href="http://classdismissed.mofo.com/" target="_blank">Class Dismissed</a> blog, where she provides insights on class-action and product–related issues affecting companies in the consumer arena. She has been recognized for her writing as a top author in the JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards, 2016–2019.Julie is also committed to pro bono service and diversity in the legal profession. While at Harvard Law School, she worked at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services. She has continued her pro bono work at MoFo, which has resulted in her being a regular recipient of the Wiley W. Manuel Award from the California State Bar for pro bono contributions. She co-chairs the firm’s Women’s Strategy Committee and has served on the Associates Steering Committee of Athena San Diego, an organization that promotes professional growth for women executives and rising managers in science and technology.Julie brings an industry perspective to her work with MoFo. Before going to law school, she was a medicinal chemist at Pfizer, where she researched cancer drugs.Beyond her impressive legal work, Julie has a life in the arts. She is a professional-level violinist who performs with chamber music groups in the San Diego area and has played with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra, and La Jolla Symphony.

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