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Admitted to bar: 1998, New York and 2000, California; United States District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California and Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; United States Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit.

Education: Yale Law School (J.D., 1997; Editor, Yale Law Journal); University of California at Berkeley (B.A., Highest Distinction in General Scholarship, Highest Honors in Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, 1994).

Member: State Bar of California; State Bar of New York; American Bar Association, Litigation, Science and Technology, and Communications sections; Santa Clara County Bar Association, High Technology and Business Litigation sections; Electronic Frontier Foundation Cyberlaw salon.

Chair: Ms. Morton has been named Chair of the Santa Clara County Bar Association’s High Technology Executive Committee.

Co-Author: "Drafting and Challenging Section 2019.210 Statements in Trade Secret Litigation," Northern California Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Report, Vol. 15, No. 2.

Experience: Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Morton was an associate in the Palo Alto office of Squire Sanders & Dempsey from 2002-2004. Previously, Ms. Morton was associated with the law firms of Fenwick & West in Palo Alto and Cahill Gordon & Reindel in New York.

Ms. Morton’s areas of practice are intellectual property and business litigation. She has handled a variety of cases in state and federal courts. Ms. Morton has represented technology companies in copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, and computer fraud litigation. She previously represented one of the leading file sharing companies in its dispute with the recording industry. Ms. Morton also has represented companies in securities, First Amendment, and commercial disputes. She is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery, document management, and litigation strategy, and has authored several articles on electronic discovery and document management issues.

Ms. Morton currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Schola Cantorum, a local community chorus. She also serves as Vice President of the University of California-Santa Clara County Alumni Club and as the chair of the UC-Berkeley class of 1994 reunion gift committee.