Rachel is chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. For more than 25 years Rachel has tried patent disputes involving all manner of products in the electronics, materials science, chemistry, and life sciences areas. In 2012, she served as co-lead counsel in a high-profile smartphone case, leading to a jury verdict of over $1 billion, and in three other smartphone victories at the International Trade Commission and in district court from 2012-2014. Chambers describes Rachel as “one of the most thorough, calculating and technically astute IP lawyers around.” She is perennially recommended as a leading lawyer by third-party directories such as Chambers Global, Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and Best Lawyers. California Lawyer honored Rachel in 2008 and 2014 with the prestigious “California Lawyer of the Year” award in the IP category. In 2013, she was named the Chambers USA Women in Law “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year.” Rachel is a member of the Steering Committee for The Sedona Conference Working Group 9 on Patent Damages and Remedies (WG9) and Working Group 10 on Patent Litigation Best Practices (WG10).