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Morrison Foerster reports four lawyers on Forbes’ 2026 list
Morrison Foerster announced that Forbes had named four of its lawyers to the publication’s 2026 America’s Top Lawyers list. The firm identified the honorees as Val Dahiya, Daralyn Durie, Lisa Phelan and Tessa Schwartz, whose practices included financial regulation, intellectual property, antitrust and technology.
Key points
- The firm identified Dahiya as co-head of its securities and derivatives practice.Morrison Foerster
- Morrison Foerster described Durie’s practice as intellectual property litigation.Morrison Foerster
- The firm said Phelan previously spent 25 years as a DOJ criminal antitrust section chief.Morrison Foerster
- Morrison Foerster said Schwartz co-chaired its artificial intelligence group and helped found its technology transactions practice.Morrison Foerster