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Tiffany Cheung and Christine Wong Named Top Women Lawyers

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Morrison Foerster partners Tiffany Cheung and Christine Wong have been named on the Daily Journal’s 2026 list of the Top Women Lawyers in California.The annual award recognizes lawyers whose successes and victories have made an impact in the courtroom and at the negotiating table. The list highlights lawyers across California who have achieved significant results for clients and demonstrated leadership in the legal profession.Tiffany and Christine are recognized for their outstanding work advising clients on complex, high-stakes matters and for their contributions to the legal and business communities.The full list of honorees appears in the <a href="https://www.dailyjournal.com/special_reports?report_type=Top+Women" target="_blank">2026 Top Women Lawyers issue of the Daily Journal</a> (subscription required).

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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.Tiffany leads high-stakes class actions at the cutting edge of innovation and technology. She has a successful track record of defending industry-leading clients in their most complex class actions. She also has advised extensively on privacy matters, unfair business practice claims and consumer advertising issues. Tiffany is co-chair of the firm’s Technology Industry Group and a former co-chair of MoFo’s global Litigation Department and the firm’s Complex Litigation + Advisement Practice Group.The Daily Journal named Tiffany to its list of Top Women Lawyers and listed her as a 2026 Leading Commercial Litigator in California. Chambers USA 2025 again ranked her in commercial litigation and privacy & data security litigation, while The Legal 500 2025 again recommended her in general commercial disputes, product liability and marketing and advertising. Lawdragon named Tiffany on its 2026 list of 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors. 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.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 and immigration proceedings.Tiffany earned her B.A. with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. 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. Following law school, 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.

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<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe class="sticky-video" title="Meet MoFo San Francisco Litigation Partner Christine Wong" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/27P0I7oxkbc?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="1" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Christine Wong focuses her practice on investigations, white collar criminal defense, and cross-border compliance matters. Christine draws on her unique background as an internal advisor and as a federal prosecutor in advising companies, boards and executives in a variety of matters that present significant legal and reputational risk – including white collar criminal and regulatory enforcement, internal investigations and related civil litigation. She also provides ongoing compliance advice to corporate clients. Christine has an active trial practice as first chair in both criminal and civil cases. Christine is a former co-chair of MoFo’s Global Litigation Department and the firm’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White Collar Defense practice group. She also served as an Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, where she taught Civil Trial Practice. Christine served as a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York and the Northern District of California, where she investigated a wide range of matters including public corruption, fraud, and organized crime, and served as lead counsel in over a dozen jury trials. She briefed criminal appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.Christine is regularly recognized by leading industry publications such as Legal 500 US in its Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense category and Chambers USA’s (California) Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations category. Clients have highlighted Christine’s “exceptional and unique background combining DOJ experience, in-house experience, handling complex investigations and negotiations with government agencies,” and noted that she is “responsive to all levels and her team command is second-to-none.” Christine has also been included in Daily Journal’s 2025 Top 100 Lawyers list, highlighted in Global Investigations Review’s 2025 Women in Investigations series, recognized as a “Best Lawyer” in Criminal Defense: White Collar by Best Lawyers in America, and named among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Crisis Management Lawyers.Before joining MoFo, Christine led the development and implementation of the global compliance program for a Fortune 500 multinational corporation, where she served as vice president, head of international compliance. In that capacity, she conducted risk assessments for dozens of entities, which resulted in enacting necessary amendments to business workflows and policies. She was responsible for managing investigations and related litigation, reviewing policies and procedures, developing and delivering training modules, and ultimately reporting to the board of directors.Christine speaks conversational Mandarin and Cantonese.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Representing Hawaiian Telcom in all matters arising from the 2023 Maui Wildfires.</li><li>Representing a waste management company in negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement with the DOJ and the resolution of a parallel civil lawsuit filed by local authorities related to a public corruption investigation.</li><li>Representing Pacific Gas and Electric Company in investigations by the Safety and Enforcement Division of the California Public Utilities Commission and related proceedings pertaining to wildfires.</li><li>Defending a Chinese semiconductor company indicted for theft of trade secrets and economic espionage.</li><li>Representing employees of a company in an accounting and securities fraud investigation.</li><li>Obtaining a declination for an individual in a criminal tax fraud investigation.</li><li>Representing a senior executive in an accounting fraud investigation by the DOJ and the SEC.</li><li>Counseling a multinational information technology equipment and services company on anti-bribery, antitrust and export control compliance.</li><li>Counseling a multinational entertainment company on anti-bribery training, policies and procedures.</li></ul><h4>Professional Memberships</h4><ul><li>American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, White Collar Crime Committee, Vice-Chair</li><li>Women in White Collar Defense Association, Committee Member of the San Francisco Chapter</li><li>American Bar Association Northern District of California White Collar Subcommittee, Committee Member</li></ul>