Eleven from MoFo Named to Law360 Editorial Advisory Boards

Ten MoFo lawyers and the firm’s chief diversity and inclusion officer have been named to Law360’s editorial advisory boards for 2023. The editorial boards provide feedback on Law360’s coverage as well as expert insights on how to best shape future coverage.

• Jennifer Brown was named to Law360’s Access to Justice Editorial Board. Jennifer is senior pro bono counsel at Morrison Foerster, leading a dynamic pro bono program by developing a broad range of opportunities and engaging lawyers in them. Her litigation experience and knowledge of public interest legal organizations and today’s most pressing civil rights issues drive the firm’s pro bono goals.
• Natalie Kernisant was named to Law360’s Diversity & Inclusion Editorial Board. A former attorney, Natalie has been a diversity leader at Morrison Foerster since 2013 and was elevated to chief diversity and inclusion officer in 2020. She provides strategic leadership to advance recruiting and retention of diverse talent, as well as client development support in the area of diversity and inclusion.
• Eric Akira Tate was named to Law360’s EA Discrimination Editorial Board. Eric is global co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Employment and Labor Group and represents companies in high-stakes trade secrets, employee raiding and mobility, discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, and other employment matters. He represents clients ranging from household names to emerging companies in technology and other industries in their most sensitive employment matters.
• Andrew Turnbull was named to Law360’s EA Labor Editorial Board. Andrew is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Employment + Labor Group. He advises companies on various traditional labor matters, including navigation of the unique issues that arise when buying and selling unionized workforces and doing business with the federal government, as well as maintaining compliance with current regulations.
• Tritia Murata was named to Law360’s EA Wage & Hour Editorial Board. Tritia Murata is co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s global Employment + Labor Group and focuses her practice on defending wage-and-hour actions. Clients turn to Tritia for her extensive class action experience and impressive track record of defeating high-exposure wage-and-hour class and PAGA representative actions.
• Stacy Cline Amin was named to Law360’s Life Sciences Editorial Advisory Board. Stacy leads the FDA + Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance practice in Morrison Foerster’s global Life Sciences + Healthcare Group and provides strategic regulatory and business advice to companies in the life sciences, healthcare, and technology industries. Stacy previously served as chief counsel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Nate Mendell was named to Law360’s Massachusetts Editorial Board. Nate is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White Collar Defense and Privacy + Data Security Practice Groups. He was the former acting U.S. attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
• Kristen Mathews was named to Law360’s New York Editorial Board. Kristen is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Privacy + Data Security Group. An early leader in the privacy sphere, she regularly advises clients on the full spectrum of today’s complex privacy and cybersecurity issues, including compliance with federal and state privacy laws, contracts, cybersecurity preparedness, and data breach incident response.
• Marcia Ellis was named to Law360’s Private Equity Editorial Board. Marcia is global co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Private Equity practice and a trusted legal advisor to clients around the world in complex private equity transactions. A U.S.- and Hong Kong-qualified lawyer, Marcia has orchestrated Asia-based PE and M&A transactions totaling over US$237 billion in the last three years.
• Julie Park was named to Law360’s Product Liability Editorial Advisory Board. Julie is a product liability litigator at Morrison Foerster and managing partner of the firm’s San Diego office. She protects her clients’ products throughout the product lifecycle, drawing on her technical and legal experience to defend clients in high-stakes product liability litigation and counsel them about product safety regulation.
• Deborah Connor was named to Law360’s White Collar Editorial Board. Deborah Connor is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group and former chief of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. Her practice focuses on internal investigations, enforcement defense, and compliance counseling.

Eric, Tritia, and Marcia are serving for the second consecutive year on the assigned Boards.