Morris A. Ratner
Of Counsel
San Francisco
Practice Areas Include: International and Human Rights,
Consumer Fraud, Mass Torts
Bar Information
Admitted to practice in California,
1991; District of Columbia, 1999; New York, 2000; U.S. District Court,
Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; and U.S. Court
of Appeals, Second, Third, Sixth and Ninth Circuits.
Education
Harvard University (J.D., cum
laude, 1991); Phi Beta Kappa; Stanford University (B.A., with distinction,
1988).
Publications
Contributing Author: Holocaust
Restitution: Perspectives on the Litigation and its Legacy, Michael
Bazyler and Roger P. Alford, Editors, New York University Press (2006),
paperback (2007); Contributing Author, California Class Actions Practice
and Procedures (Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Editor-in-Chief, 2003); "Factors
Impacting the Selection and Positioning of Human Rights Class Actions
in United States Courts: A Practical Overview," 58 New York
University Annual Survey of American Law 623 (February 2003); "The
Settlement of Nazi-Era Litigation Through the Executive and Judicial
Branches," 20 Berkeley Journal of International Law 212
(No. 1, March 2002).
Faculty Appointments
Harvard Law School, Visiting Professor, 2010-2011, teaching "Class Actions and the Law of Aggregate Litigation," "Remedies," "Legal Profession," and Holocaust Litigation; Harvard Law School, Visiting Lecturer on Law, Winter Term 2009, teaching "Holocaust Litigation."
Lectures
Stanford University, History
Department (guest lecturer, June 2008, re Holocaust-era litigation); UC
Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall (guest lecturer, 2007, re legal ethics);
Columbia Law School (guest lecturer, 2004, re Holocaust litigation); New
York University School of Law (guest panelist, 2003, re developments in
international law).
Member
State Bar of California; State
Bar of New York; Bar of the District of Columbia; Bar Association of San
Francisco.