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Morrison & Foerster Secures Settlement for Herrera Family in Wrongful Death Suit

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A Morrison & Foerster pro bono team led by Arturo Gonzalez reached a $100,000 settlement on behalf of clients Carlos and Anna Herrera for the wrongful death of their son Lorenzo Herrera while he was in custody at Fresno County Jail.

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A Morrison & Foerster pro bono team led by Arturo Gonzalez reached a $100,000 settlement on behalf of clients Carlos and Anna Herrera for the wrongful death of their son Lorenzo Herrera while he was in custody at Fresno County Jail.In January 2018, Lorenzo was detained at the Fresno County Jail after not being able to post bail for his arrest. In March, while still awaiting a hearing for his charges, Lorenzo was found strangled in a cell after a lockdown was lifted.The settlement, reached in October 2020, requires policy changes at Fresno County Jail for lockdowns and family access to deceased inmates. The jail is now required to have a written policy on implementing and lifting lockdowns in the jail and must document why the decisions for lockdowns are being made.In addition to Arturo, the Morrison & Foerster team included associates Camila Tapernoux, David Wiener, Shaelyn Dawson, Melissa Perez, and Chan-young Yang.

Morrison & Foerster Secures Settlement for Herrera Family in Wrongful Death Suit

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<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe title="Meet Arturo González Commercial Litigator" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jIM9npubu4I?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="1" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Arturo is one of the nation’s top trial lawyers. One federal judge said his “trial advocacy skills were superior,” while a federal magistrate described his trial skills as “phenomenal.” He is sought after by America’s largest companies, in part because of his ability to communicate with increasingly diverse juries. Arturo has had great success representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He may be the only lawyer in the country to obtain defense victories for clients in multiple billion dollar matters and also four jury verdicts in excess of $10 million, including verdicts of $39.3 and $13.8 million in trade secrets cases. Arturo is a Fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and an associate with the American Board of Trial Advocates.He has served as MoFo’s lead trial counsel in a number of significant matters, including:<ul><li>Waymo v. Uber: Won a favorable settlement after four days of jury trial. Defeated motion for preliminary injunction that sought to bar Uber’s autonomous vehicle program.</li><li>Phoenix Technologies Ltd. v. VMWare, Inc.: Won a defense verdict in copyrights case seeking over $100 million and future royalties.</li><li>Phaedrus v. Kaiser Permanente: Won a defense verdict for Kaiser in a $125 million trade secrets misappropriation and breach of contract case.</li><li>Hansen Medical v. Luna Innovations Inc.: Won a $36.3 million verdict in a trial involving medical robotics. Jury found that defendant willfully misappropriated trade secrets and breached two contracts.</li></ul>Arturo has obtained a number of record jury verdicts, including $12.5 million for the unlawful shooting of a farmworker, $1.45 million for unlawful strip searches, and $63 million in a wrongful death suit.Arturo has earned a wealth of recognition from his peers. In 2021, Arturo joined the California Lawyers Association’s Trial Attorney Hall of Fame, an award bestowed upon attorneys who have excelled as trial lawyers and whose careers exemplify the highest values and professional attainment. He was also honored in 2019, by the American Bar Association for his dedication to providing free legal services to the poor. He was named to Legal 500’s Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in 2017, has nine consecutive selections to the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers in California, is recommended by Chambers USA as a top commercial litigator, and has been selected annually since 2010, as one of the country’s top 30 trial lawyers by Legal 500, United States. In 2009, The National Law Journal recognized him as one of the top 10 trial lawyers in the country in their “Winning” Special Report. Earlier in his career, he was selected by National Law Journal as one of the nation’s top 40 lawyers under the age of 40 and one of the “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America.”Arturo served as the 2010 President of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Arturo J. González

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Camila Tapernoux is an associate in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on complex litigation with an emphasis on class action and commercial litigation.Camila has extensive experience representing technology firms, consumer products companies, and healthcare providers in class action cases and complex commercial disputes, including unfair competition, false advertising, and product liability matters. She has also represented clients in numerous intellectual property matters, including patent, copyright, and trade secret litigation. She has experience in all stages of the litigation process, including pleadings, motion practice, electronic discovery, preliminary injunctions, depositions, summary judgment motions, oral argument, and trial.Camila received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where she was an editor for the Science and Technology Law Review and served on the board of the Society for Law, Science, and Technology. She received her B.A. from Stanford University in human biology with a concentration in science and technology policy.

Camila Tapernoux

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David is a partner in Morrison Foerster's San Francisco office and is a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation, Securities Enforcement, and Investigations + White Collar Defense groups. His practice focuses on the representation of public companies and their officers and directors in securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative lawsuits, and other high-stakes litigation. He also regularly advises boards and management on shareholder demands, disclosure issues, and governance matters. David has represented clients across a range of industries including technology, social media, manufacturing, financial services, and healthcare, and has litigated at the civil trial and appellate court levels in federal and state courts throughout California and the Delaware Court of Chancery.David’s experience includes defending claims arising under:<ul><li>The Securities Act of 1933</li><li>The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</li><li>The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act</li><li>The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act</li><li>The California Corporations Code</li><li>The Delaware General Corporation Law</li></ul>David received his J.D. from the UC Davis School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was an articles editor of the UC Davis Law Review. He received the UC Davis Law School Medal for the highest academic achievement in his graduating class, as well as seven Witkin awards for the highest academic achievement in specific subjects. David received his B.A. in political science with honors from UC Santa Barbara.

David Wiener

Shaelyn Dawson is an attorney in the litigation department, with a focus on intellectual property. Shaelyn represents clients in technical and high-stakes litigation, focusing primarily on patent, copyright, and trade secret cases in the electronics, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical industries. She has experience in all phases of litigation. She has coordinated large-scale fact and expert discovery, taken and defended dozens of fact and expert depositions, drafted and argued motions in multiparty litigation in federal courts across the country, and been a key member of six trial teams, where she questioned fact and expert witnesses.In addition to her intellectual property work, Shaelyn also maintains an active pro bono practice, and has been awarded the Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services by the State Bar of California for the last two years. She has worked on several Section 1983 civil rights trials.Shaelyn received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2012 where she had a merit scholarship. While at Fordham, she served as the Senior Articles Editor for the Fordham International Law Journal. She received her LL.M. (Intellectual Property) from New York University School of Law in 2013.Prior to joining Morrison and Foerster, Shaelyn served in a two-year term as a clerk to the Honorable Evan Wallach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.Shaelyn is admitted to practice law in California and before the Federal Circuit.

Shaelyn Dawson