Morrison & Foerster

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Morrison & Foerster LLP (also known as MoFo) is an American multinational law firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, with 17 offices located throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. In 1883 Alexander Francis Morrison (1856–1921), an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley, and Hastings College of the Law, founded the firm's oldest ancestor in San Francisco under the name O’Brien & Morrison. His aim was to practice "principally in the line of corporation business." In 1891 Morrison formed a partnership with Constantine E.A. Foerster (1860–1898). However, Foerster died in 1898 at age 37 from tuberculosis. After his death, other attorneys came in as partners and the firm's name changed several times over the next two decades. By late 1924 the firm of Morrison, Dunne & Brobeck had seven partners and eight associates. On November 29, 1924, everyone arrived at work to find on their desks a letter signed by partners Herman Phleger, William I. Brobeck and Peter F. Dunne which announced the "reorganization" of the firm. By "reorganization" they actually meant dissolution of the firm, effective December 31, 1924. Morrison's widow May was furious at the three men for wrecking the firm which she regarded as her late husband's legacy and prohibited them from using the Morrison name.