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Corporate Counsel Announces 2022 Women, Influence & Power in Law Award Honorees

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Corporate Counsel has recognized Morrison Foerster partners Alexis Amezcua and Jamie Levitt in its 2022 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards. The WIPL Awards honor general counsel, in-house leaders, and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law and diversity in the legal industry.

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Corporate Counsel has recognized Morrison Foerster partners Alexis Amezcua and Jamie Levitt in its 2022 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards. The WIPL Awards honor general counsel, in-house leaders, and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law and diversity in the legal industry.Alexis Amezcua was named a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion. Alexis has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion, serves as co-chair of the firm’s Diversity Strategy Committee, and is the past Litigation hiring partner for the San Francisco office. She is a founding member of MoFo’s Latinx and Women of Color affinity groups. Alexis is also involved in the community as a former board member of the Bar Association of San Francisco and a current board member of California Change Lawyers, an organization focused on diversifying California’s legal profession. Alexis was <a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/news/211203-latino-leaders-magazine.html">recently</a> named a Top Latino Lawyer by Latino Leaders Magazine and has mentored numerous women, diverse associates, and law students.Jamie Levitt was named a Managing Partner of the Year. A dedicated leader at MoFo and in the wider legal industry, Jamie serves as managing partner of MoFo’s New York office and chair of <a href="https://www.mofo.com/culture/mofo-foundation/">The Morrison & Foerster Foundation</a>, and sits on MoFo’s Board of Directors and its Governance Committee. Jamie is also the former head of the New York Litigation Department and former chair of MoFo’s Pro Bono Committee. Jamie serves on numerous boards and committees of public interest groups, including having served on the Board of the Federal Bar Council and as past chair of its Public Service Committee; executive vice president and past chair of the Board of Advocates for Children of New York, Inc.; chair of the Board of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; member of the Board of VisionSpring; past member of the Board of the Center for Reproductive Rights; and past member of the Legal Advisory Board for Sanctuary for Families.View the <a href="https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2022/08/29/corporate-counsel-announces-its-2022-women-influence-and-power-in-law-awards/">full list</a> of honorees.

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Alexis Amezcua is a Litigation partner with extensive experience in class actions and complex commercial litigation.Alexis is a member of Morrison Foerster’s Complex Litigation + Advisement Group, representing individuals, board members, and innovative companies involved in high-stakes litigation. Her clients often call her first, whether to lead a global litigation team, formulate a crisis management strategy, or respond to government and regulatory inquiries.Alexis works in concert with clients—many of whom are household names—to ensure their goals are met both efficiently and practically. She understands their businesses and develops holistic approaches with each client’s needs in mind, first and foremost.Working alongside her clients, Alexis routinely leads and develops risk assessments and trial strategies with subject matter leaders across legal, financial, and technical teams throughout the U.S. and internationally. Her work frequently focuses on issues including, but not limited to:<ul><li>Breach of contract matters</li><li>Complex consumer class actions</li><li>Congressional inquiries and testimony</li><li>Employment disputes</li><li>False advertising cases</li><li>Federal banking law</li><li>Multidistrict litigation</li><li>Privacy matters</li><li>Product advertising, compliance, liability, and recalls</li><li>Trade secret theft</li><li>Unfair competition</li><li>Wrongful death</li><li>Wrongful termination</li></ul>She represents both plaintiffs and defendants, and her practice includes substantive trial experience in both state and federal court, as well as arbitration proceedings. Her clients include: <ul><li>Leading global tech and Fortune 500 companies</li><li>International product manufacturers</li><li>National retailers</li><li>Online and social media platforms</li><li>Major financial institutions</li><li>Small businesses in various industries, including tech startups and smaller brick-and-mortar resellers</li><li>Municipalities</li><li>Individuals</li></ul>A leader within the legal industry and the firm, Alexis is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and has an active role in the firm’s pro bono efforts, recently representing individuals across a variety of reproductive health, asylum, police brutality, and due process rights matters. She was also part of the trial team that sought mental health care for veterans in the highly publicized Veterans for Common Sense v. Peake.Alexis has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to diversity & inclusion as a founding member of MoFo’s Latinx and Women of Color affinity groups. She serves as co-chair of the firm’s Diversity Strategy Committee and served as the former hiring partner and Litigation Department chair for the San Francisco office. She is involved in the local community and is a former board member of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Alexis is vice president and president-elect for California ChangeLawyers, an organization focused on diversifying California’s legal profession.

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Jamie Levitt is a trial lawyer and managing partner of the New York office. She is also the former head of the New York Litigation Department. Her practice involves all aspects of complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on securities litigation. She has represented public companies and their officers and directors in securities fraud actions, shareholder derivative suits, as well as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory investigations. She also has experience conducting and defending corporate internal investigations and advising board committees and individuals with respect to investigations.Jamie is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA in the New York: Commercial Litigation category, where clients noted that “she’s a force of nature, really thoughtful and a real leader” and “she is a phenomenal trial lawyer, she masters complex subjects quickly and can jump into court and handle them wonderfully.” She is also routinely recognized for her work in complex securities litigations by leading rankings publications including The Legal 500 US, where she is recommended in the Securities Litigation: Defense category.Jamie is also regularly recognized for being a leader both within the firm and in the legal industry more broadly. As a testament to Jamie’s impact as Managing Partner of the firm’s New York office, she received Corporate Counsel’s 2022 Managing Partner of the Year Award and was also recognized in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report for Innovative Leadership that same year. Notably, Jamie also accepted The American Lawyer’s 2023 Corporate Purpose Award, which honors an organization that has defined and executed on an initiative or overall mission that supports the well-being and welfare of its members or other stakeholders. Jamie has also been repeatedly honored for her commitment to pro bono work and advancing women in law. Among her many commendations, Jamie has been honored by: Appleseed at their 2024 Pillars of Justice Event to celebrate her commitment to reproductive rights advocacy and public service; New York Lawyers for the Public Interest at their 2024 Annual Law & Society Awards Luncheon for playing in integral role in advancing efforts to achieve justice for all New Yorkers; New York State Bar Association at their 2023 Annual Meeting of the Women in Law Section for her dedication to advancing the professional development of women attorneys through their Kay Crawford Murray Award; and Crain’s New York Business, who named Jamie to their Notable Women in Law list in 2019, which recognizes leading female attorneys in New York who are furthering justice.Jamie serves on numerous boards and committees of public interest groups, including having served on the Board of the Federal Bar Council and as past chair of its Public Service Committee; executive vice president and past chair of the Board of Advocates for Children of New York, Inc.; past chair of the Board of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; member of the Board of VisionSpring; member of the Board of The Cooper Union; past member of the Board of the Center for Reproductive Rights; and the Legal Advisory Board for Sanctuary for Families. Jamie also sat on Morrison Foerster’s Board of Directors and its Governance Committee; was a former chair of Morrison Foerster’s Pro Bono Committee; and currently serves as chair of The Morrison Foerster Foundation.Jamie received her B.A. magna cum laude in 1988 from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. in 1992 from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and an Articles Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. From 1993 to 1994, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.

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