Key Facts about Morrison & Foerster’s Northern Virginia Office

• Founded in 2000 as the demand for more sophisticated legal services increased in one of the country’s hottest growing regions.
• Office has seen great growth over the past several years, especially in the area of corporate law.
• Diverse group of client companies in the region’s leading technology and life sciences industries that drive commerce in the Nation’s Capitol, as well as around the globe.
• Recognized expertise in corporate finance, M&A, technology transactions, government contracts, patent strategy and prosecution, intellectual property, labor and employment, and tax.
• Corporate: one of the largest and most established corporate practices in the Northern Virginia area with over 20 corporate attorneys.
• Labor and Employment: expertise frequently recognized and cited, especially in niche areas such as Whistleblower issues.
• Patent: internationally renowned patent attorneys. One of the firm’s top offices for volume of patent matters handled annually.
• Government Contracts: In the last five years, litigated claims against the government valued at over $350 million and litigated 20 bid protests related to over $5 billion in contract awards.
• Named one of the "Best Places to Work" in 2008 by the Washington Business Journal for the fourth straight year.
• Home of two of Washington Business Journal's “Top Lawyers” for Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for 2007.
• Six Virginia attorneys are recommended as leaders in their specific industries in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers.
• Named by the Washington Business Journal as one of the Top Corporate Philanthropists in the Washington metropolitan area in 2008.