Distinguished Advocate, Morgan Chu to Speak at SCU School of Law

Morgan Chu received an A.B. (1971), M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1973) from the University of California at Los Angeles; an M.S.L. (1974) from Yale University; and a J.D. (1976) from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude.  Immediately after law school, he clerked for the Honorable Charles M. Merrill of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He joined Irell & Manella as an associate in 1977, and became a partner in 1982.  He was Co-managing Partner of the firm from 1997 – 2003 and has been a member of its Executive Committee for the last twenty-one years. 

Mr. Chu was plaintiff’s lead trial counsel in Stac Electronics v. Microsoft, in which the jury returned a $120 million verdict, and City of Hope v. Genentech in which the jury returned a verdict of over $500 million.  He was co-counsel for the plaintiff in Texas Instruments v. Samsung, which resulted in a settlement for the plaintiff of over $1 billion.  Mr. Chu was also lead counsel in the first trial involving a patent on computer software in 1986 in which the jury invalidated a patent in favor of Mr. Chu’s client

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Public Counsel, 1993-, and its Executive Committee 1995-; and a member of the Board of Governors of the UCLA Foundation.  He was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law and has served as a judge pro tem.

His schedule for February 1st is as follows:

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

“Career Retrospective”

Bannan Hall, Room 127, Santa Clara University

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Reception, Strong Common Room, Bergin Hall

Santa Clara University

(Please RSVP to jschuller@scu.edu or call 408-551-1776 by January 30, 2006 )

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

“Explaining Technology to Juries”

Panelli Moot Court Room, Bergin Hall

Santa Clara University

Mr. Chu’s appearance is sponsored by Santa Clara University School of Law, The Heafey Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy and the High Tech Law Institute.