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Morrison Foerster’s Class Actions + Mass Torts Practice Achieves Top Rankings in The Legal 500

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The Legal 500 US 2022 has recognized Morrison Foerster's Class Actions and Mass Torts Group as Tier 1 in Product Liability, Mass Torts, and Class Action (Defense) for Consumer Products. We could not be more appreciative of our clients and their continued trust in our team.

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Morrison Foerster’s Class Actions + Mass Torts Practice Achieves Top Rankings in The Legal 500

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Erin Bosman is co-chair of MoFo’s Class Actions and Mass Torts Practice Group and is a founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence 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.” She was recently shortlisted for “Product Liability Lawyer of the Year” in 2023, after receiving the award at the 2021 and 2022 Euromoney America’s Women in Business Law Awards, honoring high-achieving female lawyers and progressive law firms. She was also named as a 2020 and 2021 “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 2020 and 2021 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.

Erin Bosman

Partner

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/">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 being a regular recipient of the Wiley W. Manuel Award from the California State Bar for pro bono contributions. She is a member of MoFo’s Diversity 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.More About JulieJulie 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.

Julie Y. Park

Clients seek out Tiffany for her successful track record in defending class action claims on behalf of clients in a broad range of industries, including technology, healthcare, and consumer product companies. She represents numerous Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes litigation involving privacy and marketing claims in courts throughout the United States. Tiffany’s practice includes leading class actions at the cutting edge of privacy law, including claims involving data security and biometric information. She also has advised extensively on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) matters, as well as cases involving unfair business practice claims and consumer advertising issues. Tiffany is a former co-chair of MoFo’s global Litigation Department and the firm’s Class Actions & Mass Torts Practice Group.The Daily Journal recently named Tiffany on its 2023 list of Top Women Lawyers and as a 2023 Leading Commercial Litigator in California. Chambers USA 2023 again ranked her in commercial litigation, while The Legal 500 2023 again recommended her in product liability and marketing and advertising. BTI Consulting Group has recognized Tiffany as one of a small group of attorneys nationwide who represent the “absolute best of the best” in the area of client service. Her clients include leaders in the technology, healthcare, financial services, and retail sectors.She is a former editor of, and frequent contributor to, the Morrison Foerster’s <a href="https://classdismissed.mofo.com/">Class Dismissed blog</a> and a contributing editor of the TCPA Report section of MoFo’s Financial Services Quarterly Report. As a thought leader, Tiffany often speaks to groups of industry peers about key developments in class action privacy litigation.Because she is committed to the firm’s pro bono program, Tiffany works on diverse matters in that arena, including representing numerous clients in connection with guardianship proceedings and immigration proceedings for children.<h5>More About Tiffany</h5>Tiffany earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley with high honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 2000, she received her J.D. from the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, where she was editor-in-chief of the Asian Law Journal. From 2000 to 2001, she was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Marian Blank Horn of the United States Court of Federal Claims and also served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Susan R. Bolton of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 2001 to 2002.

Tiffany Cheung

Grant J. Esposito is co-chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Trial Group. A trial lawyer, Grant has extensive experience in complex commercial and class action litigation, including antitrust, life sciences, mass torts, product liability, securities, and transactional disputes.<h4>Litigation Approach</h4>Grant works with clients to identify pragmatic and cost-effective solutions to their challenging legal problems, crafting case strategies aligned with their business objectives and needs. He sees the big picture and focuses on the key issues at stake, enabling him to position clients for successful outcomes whether during motion practice, a settlement, or at trial. A client noted that Grant “understands from the beginning your strengths and weaknesses and is not afraid to tell you.”His legal acumen has been recognized by clients and leading publications in the field. He was named Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer, IP MVP by Law360, and a Trailblazer in Intellectual Property Law by the National Law Journal. Grant has also been recognized in Chambers USA (New York – General Commercial Litigation), The Legal 500 US (Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Toxic Tort, Consumer Products, Pharmaceuticals, and Medical Devices; Dispute Resolution: Financial Services Litigation;), and Best Lawyers in America (New York – Product Liability Defendants).<h4>More About Grant</h4>Grant has served in several firm management roles, including as a member of the firm’s Compensation Committee, Executive Committee, and chair of the Global Litigation Department.<h4>Notable Matters</h4><ul><li>Bethpage Toxic Tort Litigation (Eastern District of New York). Trial counsel in a class action and individual cases alleging environmental contamination and toxic torts in excess of $1 billion. Advising client on related regulatory issues.</li><li>Brokop v. Farmland Partners Inc. (District of Colorado). Trial counsel for Farmland Partners—a real estate investment trust (REIT) traded on the New York Stock Exchange—and its CEO and CFO in securities class action.  Prevailed on summary judgment.</li><li>Farmland Partners Inc. v. Rota Fortunae (District of Colorado). Successfully prosecuted defamation claims against a short seller that launched a “short and distort” attack against our client. Favorable settlement included the author of a defamatory article recanting his false and misleading statements and paying multiples of his ill-gotten gains.</li><li>Venture Group Enterprises v. Vonage Business Inc. (Southern District of New York). Defending claims arising out of termination of agency agreement and prosecuting counterclaims.</li><li>State of New York v. Northrop Grumman (Eastern District of New York). Successfully resolved disputes over groundwater remedial plan and related claims brought by local water districts arising from legacy military production activities.</li><li>Visa v. Pennsylvania (Commonwealth Court of Pa). Prevailed on appeal of multi-million dollar tax assessment wrongfully denied as untimely by securing nunc pro tunc relief on the eve of trial.</li><li>Patterson et al v. Cabaletta Bio et al (Eastern District Pa). Defending client in putative securities class action.</li><li>Envision Healthcare Corp. et al v. United Healthcare Insurance Co. et al (Circuit Court Florida). Trial counsel to recover inadequate payments to healthcare providers.</li><li>Landmark Settlement for Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York.  After more than ten years of litigation, we succeeded in significantly increasing the financial support provided to New York foster parents and creating structural changes to bring New York’s foster care rate system in compliance with federal law.   </li><li>State of New York, et al. v. Deutsche Telekom AG, et al. (Southern District of New York). Successfully defended Sprint and SoftBank in trial brought by multiple State Attorneys General seeking to block the T-Mobile-Sprint merger as anti-competitive.</li><li>Mosher v. DaVita Healthcare Partners (New York Commercial Division). Represented client in an escrow dispute and related matters arising from $4.2 billion acquisition. Settled on favorable terms.</li><li>Amgen Inc., et al. v. Sandoz Inc., et al. (Northern District of California). Designed a statutory construction strategy that defined the “patent dance” contained in the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, which was affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court.</li><li>United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund et al. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., et al. (District of Massachusetts). Secured dismissal of a putative antitrust class action challenging patent settlement.</li><li>United States of America et al. v. Novartis AG, et al. (District of Massachusetts). Secured dismissal of a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging off-label marketing and a kickback scheme.</li><li>In re OxyContin Litigation (Southern District of New York). Trial counsel for Sandoz; prevailed on all patents.</li><li>In re Fletcher International Ltd. Secured dismissals in New York, Boston, and Louisiana for an auditor in an alleged Ponzi scheme seeking hundreds of millions in damages.</li><li>Frontier Insurance Group, Inc. v. Ernst & Young LLP (Southern District of New York). Won a unanimous jury defense verdict in an actuarial malpractice case seeking in excess of $200 million.</li><li>In re Sino-Forest Securities Litigation (Southern District of New York). Represented a Canadian auditor in securities fraud proceedings.  Settled on favorable terms.</li><li>Confidential Matters. Led arbitrations and other non-public proceedings involving regulatory investigations, merger litigation, breach of contract, professional services, and payor-provider disputes.</li></ul>

Grant J. Esposito

As a trial lawyer and co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Class Actions and Mass Torts Practice Group, David focuses on the defense of complex commercial disputes and consumer class actions. In addition to trying cases in U.S. federal and state courts, David has successfully led clients through International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrations. His practice includes a wide range of business disputes, including “bet the company” litigation. He regularly defends Fortune 500 companies and financial institutions against claims involving violations of U.S. federal and state statutes, including the antitrust laws, and state-law claims for fraud and breach of contract.His practice includes the representation of clients before U.S. agencies, such as the Department of Justice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and U.S. state agencies, such as the New York Department of Financial Services and state attorneys general. David also has experience leading large-scale internal investigations and trial teams.David also has experience leading large-scale internal investigations and trial teams.David has significant experience with various U.S. federal laws and statutes, including:<ul><li>The Consumer Financial Protection Act</li><li>The Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts and Practices (UDAAP)</li><li>Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)</li><li>The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)</li><li>The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)</li><li>The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)</li><li>The RICO Act</li><li>The Truth in Lending Act (TILA)</li><li>The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)</li><li>California’s Business and Professions Code § 17200</li></ul>David is also recognized in the industry for his skilled legal work, including being cited as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 US from 2014 – 2020, and most recently in 2022, for his work in the Financial Services: Litigation practice area.

David J. Fioccola

Michael Miller regularly represents clients in managing antitrust risk in complex transactions and other business matters, including strategy and structuring of transactions to avoid antitrust risk and achieve strategic business objectives, and U.S. and multinational merger notification and review. He is regularly called on to help clients overcome complex challenges in both federal and state courts and in regulatory proceedings.His practice includes all aspects of complex financial services, antitrust, privacy, and commercial litigation, and he also is frequently consulted on related regulatory matters and in merger control proceedings in a variety of jurisdictions.Recent matters have included representation of:<ul><li>SoftBank and Sprint at trial and in related regulatory proceedings in connection with Sprint’s combination with T-Mobile</li><li>A large U.S. bank in several different U.S. antitrust cases (including several class actions) arising out of credit card issuance and related industries</li><li>A contact lens manufacturer in a range of antitrust litigation pending across the country.  </li><li>Various large financial institutions and life sciences companies in connection with managing antitrust risk raised by pending transactions.</li><li>A prominent information-services firm in multiple large class actions brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and related statutes across the country</li><li>A dental supplies distributor in antitrust individual and class actions and related regulatory matters</li><li>A large U.S. bank in class action litigation relating to overdraft practices</li><li>A prominent government-sponsored enterprise in FCRA litigation</li><li>A number of financial services companies in investigations initiated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the New York Department of Financial Services, and other regulators.</li><li>A history of representing companies before the US and EU competition law regulators in the telecommunications, network services, pharmaceutical, industrial, financial services, consumer products, chemical, and technology industries.</li></ul>Michael was formerly a member of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Long Range Planning Committee, chair of the Section’s Corporate Counseling Committee, Vice Chair of the Insurance and Financial Services Committee and editor of The Antitrust Counselor. He speaks and writes frequently on a range of litigation, competition, and privacy law matters. Michael is recommended by Legal 500 and Best Lawyers in America.Michael graduated magna cum laude, with honors, from Brown University. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received a Randolph G. Rouse Prize in Economics and the Taubman Prize in Public Policy while at Brown. During law school, he was the articles editor of the California Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Michael has a Post-Graduate Diploma in EC Competition Law from King’s College London. He also clerked on the Ninth Circuit for Judge David R. Thompson.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>SoftBank/Sprint/T-Mobile.  Representing SoftBank and Sprint at trial and in various merger regulatory investigations in connection with Sprint’s successful combination with T-Mobile.</li><li>Alcon Vision.  Representing a contact lens manufacturer in antitrust litigation pending against unauthorized distributors.</li><li>In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y.). Representing a major financial institution in federal antitrust class and individual actions alleging that the payment card practices of the defendant card networks and financial institutions constitute an unreasonable restraint of trade and illegal monopolization. This is likely the largest private antitrust case ever brought. (Ongoing)</li><li>EMV Litigation (N.D. Cal.). Representing major financial institution in class action antitrust litigation arising out of the introduction of chip card standards to the US payments sector. (Ongoing)</li><li>In re Dental Supply Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y.). Representing client in individual and class action antitrust litigation in the dental supplies industry. (Ongoing)</li><li>Gordon, et al. v. Amadeus IT Group, S.A. (S.D.N.Y.). Representing client in class action litigation in the travel services industry. (Ongoing)</li><li>Overdraft Litigation (E.D.Pa.). Representing a major financial institution in class action litigation arising out of overdraft practices. (Ongoing)</li><li>Merger Clearances. Has obtained merger clearances in the US and EU for clients in the financial services, telecommunications, network services, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, oil and gas, consumer products, chemical, packaging, and metals industries.  </li><li>FCRA Matters. Representing significant information-service providers in actions around the country alleging violations of the FCRA and related statues and in federal and state regulatory proceedings. (Ongoing)</li><li>GSE FCRA Litigation (Ninth Circuit, D. Ariz.). Won dismissal of FCRA litigation against a large government-sponsored enterprise in the District of Arizona (currently on appeal). Representing GSE in other FCRA litigation. (Ongoing)</li><li>Data Breach Matters. Representing a variety of clients in connection with regulatory and litigation issues arising out of data breach events. (Ongoing)</li><li>In re Late Fee and Over-Limit Fee Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.). Won dismissal for a major financial institution in a class action challenging the imposition of late and over-limit fees as a violation of the Sherman Act and the National Bank Act. Dismissal affirmed on appeal.</li><li>Privacy Litigation (D.D.C. and D.C. Superior Court). Won motions to dismiss in two actions (one in federal court, one in Superior Court) that alleged violations of various statutory rights to privacy stemming from customer service practices. Both dismissals affirmed on appeal.</li><li>American Express v. Visa, et al. (S.D.N.Y.). Favorably settled a matter for a major financial institution arising out of alleged Sherman Act violations in the card-issuing and network service markets.</li><li>Richbell Information Services, Inc., et al. v. Jupiter Partners LP, et al. Represented Lord Jacob Rothschild and several publicly traded English investment trusts in the New York Commercial Division in litigation arising out of disputes among shareholders. Resolved successfully for clients.</li><li>NY City Special Education Cases.  Currently representing a number of NYC public school students in pro bono cases seeking special education and other programs from the Department of Education. (Ongoing</li></ul>

Michael B. Miller

James represents clients in federal and state courts in areas such as consumer protection, advertising, product liability, environmental, and food law. He has broad experience representing manufacturers, retailers, and resource companies on matters involving a variety of consumer products, technologies, and industries.James’s recent cases involve fruit juice, coffee, baby food, home electronics, and semiconductor chips. He has served as trial counsel in class actions, MDL proceedings, jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations, and has appeared extensively in courts throughout California.James has advised and defended clients in Proposition 65 actions (California’s unique toxics and labeling law) and the state’s consumer protection and unfair competition laws. He is currently representing the coffee industry in a widely watched trial in Los Angeles Superior Court. He regularly handles litigation and trial of suits brought by private litigants and law enforcement officials for unfair business practices and false advertising claims against manufacturers and retailers.James has deep experience in participating in many of the world’s leading arbitration forums, including the International Chamber of Commerce, American Arbitration Association, and UNCITRAL. He has handled arbitrations involving intellectual property, distribution contracts, fuel contracts, joint ventures, and infrastructure development projects. He also has broad experience with litigating the enforceability of arbitration clauses in U.S. federal and state courts. James serves as a neutral for the United States Federal District Court for the Northern District of California as well as a member of the court’s Standing Committee on Professional Conduct.<h5>More About James</h5>Immediately following graduation from the University of California, Berkeley, James served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marcus Kaufman, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court. He joined Morrison & Foerster in 1990 and is a former co-chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group.

James M. Schurz

Senior Counsel

Drawing on his considerable experience in environmental health, William (Bill) focuses his practice on environmental and consumer protection law, with an emphasis on hazardous substances, mass torts, and consumer product safety. Bill is highly regarded for his ability to coordinate technical, legal, and communications teams to counsel clients through crises. He has coordinated FDA and CPSC-led recalls of various products, and has served as national coordinating counsel for litigation related to those recalls. He has argued motions and tried cases in state and federal courts for a variety of complex and multidistrict litigation matters, including product liability claims and environmental disputes.Bill is recommended by Legal 500 US (2011–2018) in product liability and mass tort defense and is described as “an experienced counsel who is an excellent leader and has great knowledge of the law.” For the past seven years, San Francisco magazine has recognized Bill in its “Super Lawyers” list for his work in environmental and consumer litigation. In 2014, he was chosen as the exclusive recipient of the Client Choice Award for Environmental Law in California and as a Rising Star in Environmental Law by Law360.<h5>More About Bill</h5>Bill has also broad experience in consumer class action and false advertising litigation, especially concerning claims of health or environmental benefits. He has also advised numerous well‑known life sciences, technology, and consumer product companies on consumer disclosures and warnings, including compliance with U.S. and European requirements governing product safety. Bill has represented the firm’s clients in all aspects of environmental regulation and has represented companies before regulatory agencies in rulemaking proceedings, permit applications, and appeals and enforcement actions. Bill heads MoFo’s environmental due diligence teams and serves as the lead on transactional negotiations involving environmental liability risks, including significant experience in cross-border transactions.Before entering private practice, Bill clerked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX Office of Regional Counsel, where he assisted in the prosecution and resolution of cases brought by the U.S. Department of Justice for violation of hazardous waste and water quality laws.Bill received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center with honors and completed the Law and Public Health program sponsored by Georgetown University and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Through this program, he earned a master’s in public health, as well as specialty certification in environmental health risk assessment from the Johns Hopkins Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute. At Georgetown, he was an executive editor of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Journal and received the CALI Award for Excellence in International Environmental Law. In 2000, he studied law at the Universidad de Mendoza, in Mendoza, Argentina, as an international law fellow. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

William F. Tarantino

Claudia focuses her practice on the defense of consumer class actions and on complex commercial litigation, including unfair business competition, false advertising, product liability, and privacy matters. She is currently representing numerous consumer goods manufacturers and retailers in false advertising and mislabeling class action lawsuits. Claudia also regularly counsels clients in the food, cosmetics, retail, and technology industries. She represents companies in false advertising disputes before the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.<h5>More about Claudia</h5>Claudia is active in MoFo’s pro bono efforts, and recently traveled to El Paso, Texas, to work with families separated and detained at the border. She is also supervising a pro bono collaboration with Equal Rights Advocates, a nonprofit fighting for gender justice in work places and schools across the country. The initiative will help students who have been victims of sexual assault, attempted assault, or harassment find support and seek justice. Claudia is also a board member of Equal Rights Advocates. Claudia is an editor and frequent contributor to MoFo’s <a href="https://classdismissed.mofo.com/">Class Dismissed</a> blog, which provides reports about the latest defense news, developments, and trends in class action lawsuits and product liability issues that affect consumer-facing companies. Her perspectives are also respected in the larger legal community: Claudia has published articles about class action and false advertising issues, and is a co-author of Chapter 7 — “Unfair Competition in California Business Litigation 2016” — of The Recorder. She also regularly speaks at conferences on class action and advertising trends. Claudia is currently serving as a Lawyer Representative for the Northern District of California. She received her J.D. degree in 2004 from Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall School of Law), where she was an associate editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

Claudia M. Vetesi

Krista deBoer is a litigator and counselor with experience representing local, national, and multinational clients in complex actions in state and federal courts. Her practice focuses on environmental law, representing clients in all phases of environmental and toxic tort litigation, administrative proceedings, enforcement defense, regulatory compliance, and corporate transactional matters.Krista has worked with clients from a variety of public and private sectors, including aerospace and defense, food and beverage, healthcare, residential development, energy, transportation, retail, port districts, and irrigation districts, on matters involving the spectrum of environmental media. She has significant experience in CERCLA allocation and cost recovery, assessment and resolution of natural resource damages liability, contaminated site cleanup, hazardous materials and hazardous waste compliance, CEQA prosecution, Endangered Species Act litigation, and environmental torts. She has worked extensively with experts in fate and transport, habitat restoration design, remediation, NRD liability assessment, medical causation, and groundwater and vadose zone modeling.In addition to advocating for clients, Krista has an alternative dispute resolution practice. She is a mediator specializing in environmental and business disputes, and has taught negotiation, advanced negotiation, and difficult conversations seminars to corporate, public, and nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad for more than a decade. Krista also teaches negotiation to law students as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School. Krista has a passion for working with clients to design dispute systems and develop persuasive negotiation and communication strategies aimed at achieving optimal outcomes, both within an organization and across the table.Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Krista expanded her practice to healthcare law as an associate at a regional firm, where she represented medical groups, independent practice associations, healthcare systems, hospitals, and physicians within the managed care context. Before that, she practiced at a boutique environmental law firm serving clients in California, Washington, and Oregon, and at an international law firm, where she was a member of the firm’s General Litigation and Mass Tort and Environmental practice groups.

Krista S. deBoer

Associate

Alexandra Barlow is an associate in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s San Diego office.Alexandra litigates product liability matters involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, automobiles, and AI. Alexandra's litigation expertise spans the entire case life cycle in both state and federal courts. She handles all phases of discovery, including fact investigation and expert discovery. Alexandra has taken over twenty-five depositions, including experts, plaintiffs, treating physicians, and third-party witnesses. She drafts and argues motions of all types, including motions for summary judgment, motions to quash, and motions for preliminary injunction.Alexandra has significant trial experience. She has first-chaired a one-week jury trial and second-chaired a five‑week jury trial, both involving multiple claims and witnesses. She also has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, representing clients at mediations, mandatory settlement conferences, and early neutral evaluations.Alexandra enjoys tracking developments and keeping her clients updated on product liability and personal injury claims, frequently writing or presenting on emerging areas such as autonomous vehicles and smart devices. Alexandra’s experience also extends to professional liability, warranty claims, eminent domain, and construction law.Alexandra earned her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. While in law school, the San Diego Law Review published her comment on the recovery of damages by plaintiffs in a persistent vegetative state, and she also served as a comment editor. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she majored in Political Science and minored in Spanish. A San Diego native, she attended a Spanish immersion school through the eighth grade. Alexandra is active in the San Diego community, advising students at a local college. She is also a member of several legal organizations in San Diego, including Lawyer’s Club, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and Wallace Inn of Court.