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'''Morgan Chu''' (born December 27, 1950<ref>http://www.martindale.com/Morgan-Chu/134191-lawyer.htm</ref>), is an American [[intellectual property]] attorney.
'''Morgan Chu''' ({{zh|t=朱欽文|p=Zhū Qìngwén}}; born December 27, 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Morgan Chu Profile {{!}} Los Angeles, CA Lawyer {{!}} Martindale.com |url=http://www.martindale.com/Morgan-Chu/134191-lawyer.htm}}</ref> is an American [[intellectual property]] attorney. In June 2009, Harvard alumni elected Chu to a six-year term as a member of the [[Harvard Board of Overseers]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528494| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090616144625/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528494| archive-date = 2009-06-16| title = The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Six Elected to Board of Overseers}}</ref>

A high-school dropout, Chu went on to earn advanced degrees from [[Harvard]], [[Yale]] and [[UCLA]]. In 2007, UCLA awarded Chu the UCLA Medal, the university's highest accolade for exceptional achievement, citing Chu's "groundbreaking approach to intellectual property" and honoring him as a founder of the Asian American Studies Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irell.com/news-24.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20070622150513/http://www.irell.com/news-24.html |archivedate=2007-06-22 }}</ref>

Chu was named The Outstanding Intellectual Property Lawyer in the United States in the first Chambers Award for Excellence, 2006. Chambers has described Chu as "beyond doubt the most gifted trial lawyer in the USA."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irell.com/news-3.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928193209/http://www.irell.com/news-3.html |archivedate=2007-09-28 }}</ref>

Chu served as the co-managing partner of the firm [[Irell & Manella]] LLP from 1997–2003, and has been a member of its governing board, the Executive Committee, since 1985. In June 2009, Harvard alumni elected Chu to a six-year term as a member of the [[Harvard Board of Overseers]].<ref>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528494</ref>


==Family==
==Family==


Morgan Chu's father, [[Ju-Chin Chu]], left China in 1943 to study chemical engineering, earning a doctorate at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), and he later taught at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and at [[New York University Tandon School of Engineering|Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute]]. Chu's mother Ching Chen Li, also left China during [[World War II]] to study economics at MIT. His parents married in 1945 and began a family.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1997/chu-autobio.html Nobel Prize]{{dead link|date=October 2020}}</ref>
Morgan Chu's father, [[Ju-Chin Chu]], left China in 1943 to study chemical engineering, earning a doctorate at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT). He later taught at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and at [[New York University Tandon School of Engineering|Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute]]. Chu's mother Ching Chen Li, also left China during [[World War II]] to study economics at MIT. His parents married in 1945 and began a family.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1997/chu-autobio.html |title=Nobel Prize |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-date=2013-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606072729/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1997/chu-autobio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Chu is the youngest of three brothers. His oldest brother, [[Gilbert Chu]], holds an M.D. and a Ph.D, and is a professor of biochemistry and medicine at [[Stanford University]].<ref>http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gilbert_Chu</ref> The middle brother, [[Steven Chu]], was a professor of physics at Stanford and later a professor of physics and molecular and cellular biology at [[University of California, Berkeley]], and the director of [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]]. Steven Chu was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997 and was President Obama's [[Secretary of Energy]] from January 21, 2009, to April 22, 2013.
Chu is the youngest of three brothers. His oldest brother, [[Gilbert Chu]], holds an M.D. and a Ph.D., and is a professor of biochemistry and medicine at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gilbert_Chu | title=CAP Profile }}</ref> The middle brother, [[Steven Chu]], was a professor of physics at Stanford and later a professor of physics and molecular and cellular biology at [[University of California, Berkeley]], and the director of [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]]. Steven Chu was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997 and was President Obama's [[Secretary of Energy]] from January 21, 2009, to April 22, 2013.


==Education==
==Education==
Chu dropped out of high school and left home, but by age 25, he had five university degrees. Although he never received a high school diploma, he gained admittance to [[UCLA]], where he earned a B.A. (1971), M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1973).<ref name="thesis-chu-1974">{{cite thesis |url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/302669126/ |title=The political influence of urban subcommunities: A study of compensatory education and school district decentralization |date=1974 |publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles]] |type=Ph.D. |last=Chu |first=Morgan |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=subscription |oclc=320070569}}</ref> Chu then received a [[Master of Studies in Law]] from [[Yale Law School]] (1974) and a [[Juris Doctor]], [[magna cum laude]], from [[Harvard Law School]] (1976)
Chu dropped out of high school and left home, but by age 25 he had five university degrees. Although he never received a high school diploma, he gained admittance to [[UCLA]], where he earned a B.A. (1971) in political science, and a M.A. (1972) and Ph.D (1973) in urban educational policy planning.<ref name="thesis-chu-1974">{{cite thesis |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/302669126/ |title=The political influence of urban subcommunities: A study of compensatory education and school district decentralization |date=1974 |publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles]] |type=Ph.D. |last=Chu |first=Morgan |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=subscription |oclc=320070569}}</ref> Chu then received a [[Master of Studies in Law]] from [[Yale Law School]] (1974) and a [[Juris Doctor]], [[magna cum laude]], from [[Harvard Law School]] (1976)
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.goldsea.com/Personalities/Chumorgan/chumorgan.html | title=Morgan Chu: Titan of Tech Trials 1/7 &#124; Asian American Personalities &#124; GoldSea }}</ref>


==Legal career==
==Legal career==


Following his law school graduation, Chu served as a [[law clerk]] for Hon. [[Charles M. Merrill]], U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1976–1977). In 1977, Chu went to work as an associate at the Los Angeles law firm of Irell & Manella. Chu was elevated to partner in 1982, and became the firm's co-managing partner in 1997, serving two terms until 2003.
Following his law school graduation, Chu served as a [[law clerk]] for Hon. [[Charles M. Merrill]], U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1976–1977). In 1977, Chu went to work as an associate at the Los Angeles law firm of Irell & Manella. Chu was elevated to partner in 1982, and became the firm's co-managing partner in 1997, serving two terms until 2003.
Chu is known for his many high-profile trials involving technology<ref>http://www.bestlawyers.com/aboutus/AdvisorBio.aspx?Ad_ID=3</ref> including:
Chu is known for his many high-profile trials involving technology.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bestlawyers.com/aboutus/AdvisorBio.aspx?Ad_ID=3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-date=2009-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226083431/http://www.bestlawyers.com/aboutus/AdvisorBio.aspx?Ad_ID=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In 2002, Chu won a $500 million jury verdict for City of Hope against Genentech. Punitive damages were later reversed by the California Supreme Court, but the compensatory damages represent the largest judgment ever affirmed on appeal in California. The defendant ultimately paid a judgment of over $480 million including interest.
* Chu won a $120 million jury verdict for [[Stac Electronics]] against Microsoft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msversus.org/archive/stac.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-04-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518050821/http://www.msversus.org/archive/stac.html |archivedate=2007-05-18 }}</ref> The trial court entered a worldwide injunction against Microsoft's flagship product, the MS-DOS operating system, and then the case settled.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesedonaconference.org/people/profiles/ChuMorgan |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511175439/http://www.thesedonaconference.org/people/profiles/ChuMorgan |archive-date=2008-05-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Chu was co-counsel for the plaintiff in Texas Instruments v. Samsung, which resulted in a settlement for the plaintiff of more than $1 billion.<ref>http://www.fenwick.com/docstore/PressRoom/IPLawBulletin_05_LitigationSurvey.pdf</ref>
* In 2006 in [[Immersion v. Sony]], Chu won a $82 million jury verdict and injunction that led to a final resolution of over $150 million being paid by Sony.
* In [[TiVo v. EchoStar]], Chu secured a $74 million jury verdict and permanent injunction, which were upheld on appeal. $105 million has been paid on the final judgment including post-verdict damages.
* In 2005 Chu was recognized for one of the "Top Ten Defense Verdicts," for [[Ultratech Stepper Inc. v. ASML]], in which the jury unanimously found plaintiff's patent invalid.
* Chu successfully defended [[Candle Corporation]] in the first trial in the U.S. involving a software patent. The jury unanimously found the plaintiff's patent invalid.<ref>http://blj.ucdavis.edu/article.asp?id=535{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Chu successfully represented NantKwest, Inc. in the 2019 Supreme Court case ''[[Peter v. NantKwest, Inc.]]'' against the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]].<ref name= Argument>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/10/argument-analysis-justices-seem-hesitant-to-award-attorneys-fees-to-government-in-litigation-challenging-denial-of-patent-applications|title=Argument analysis: Justices seem hesitant to award attorney's fees to government in litigation challenging denial of patent applications|last=Mann|first=Ronald|date=2019-10-07|website=SCOTUSBlog|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of his client, finding that the Patent Act did not require his client to pay the Patent and Trademark Office's attorney fees.

==Public service==
==Public service==


When Chu was still an undergraduate at UCLA, he co-founded UCLA's Asian American Studies Center.<ref>http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/archives/morganchumedal.htm</ref> He has previously served on the Board of Governors of the University of California, Los Angeles Foundation. Mr. Chu also has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law and has served as a judge pro tem.
When Chu was still an undergraduate at UCLA, he co-founded UCLA's Asian American Studies Center.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/archives/morganchumedal.htm | title=AASC &#124; Asian American Studies Center }}</ref> He has previously served on the Board of Governors of the University of California, Los Angeles Foundation. Mr. Chu also has been an adjunct professor of law at [[UCLA School of Law]] and has served as a judge pro tem.


At Harvard Law School, Chu was an editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, a leading legal journal founded to promote personal freedoms and human dignities.
At Harvard Law School, Chu was an editor of the [[Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review]], a leading legal journal founded to promote personal freedoms and human dignities.


Since law school, Chu has been a frequent lecturer and teacher.<ref>http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/speakers/</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/events.taf?function=show&cat=allconf&EventID=GC04&SPID=1392&level1=speakers&level2=bio |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927233733/http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/events.taf?function=show&cat=allconf&EventID=GC04&SPID=1392&level1=speakers&level2=bio |archivedate=2011-09-27 }}</ref><ref>http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1208947721750</ref>
Since law school, Chu has been a frequent lecturer and teacher.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/speakers/ | title=Speakers - Harvard Journal of Law & Technology }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/events.taf?function=show&cat=allconf&EventID=GC04&SPID=1392&level1=speakers&level2=bio |title=Milken Institute Events - - Speaker Biography - Morgan Chu |accessdate=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927233733/http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/events.taf?function=show&cat=allconf&EventID=GC04&SPID=1392&level1=speakers&level2=bio |archivedate=2011-09-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1208947721750| title = Law school graduation season draws a variety of commencement speakers {{!}} National Law Journal}}</ref>
He participated in symposia at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and he was the Traphagen Distinguished Speaker at Harvard in 2003. Chu served as an adjunct professor at UCLA Law School from 1978 to 1981. He has lectured or delivered papers at Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Georgetown, Northwestern, California Institute of Technology, UCLA, University of Southern California, among other venues.
He participated in symposia at Harvard Law School and the [[Harvard Kennedy School of Government]], and he was the Traphagen Distinguished Speaker at Harvard in 2003. Chu served as an adjunct professor at UCLA Law School from 1978 to 1981. He has lectured or delivered papers at Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Georgetown, Northwestern, California Institute of Technology, UCLA, University of Southern California, among other venues.


Chu was Founding Chair of U.S.C. Law School's Intellectual Property Law Institute (2004–06), and has served on its Executive Committee since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.usc.edu/academics/cle/ip/description.cfm |title=Program Agenda |publisher=USC Law |accessdate=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817104839/http://law.usc.edu/academics/cle/ip/description.cfm |archivedate=August 17, 2007 }}</ref>
Chu was Founding Chair of U.S.C. Law School's Intellectual Property Law Institute (2004–06), and has served on its Executive Committee since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.usc.edu/academics/cle/ip/description.cfm |title=Program Agenda |publisher=USC Law |accessdate=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817104839/http://law.usc.edu/academics/cle/ip/description.cfm |archivedate=August 17, 2007 }}</ref>


Chu serves on the Board and Executive Committee of Public Counsel, the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publiccounsel.org/board.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126104818/http://publiccounsel.org/board.htm |archivedate=2009-01-26 }}</ref>
Chu serves on the Board and Executive Committee of Public Counsel, the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publiccounsel.org/board.htm |title=Public Counsel Board of Directors |accessdate=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126104818/http://publiccounsel.org/board.htm |archivedate=2009-01-26 }}</ref>
In one of his pro bono cases, Chu spent six years securing the reversal of a conviction of a death row inmate, the first reversal upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court of a conviction and death penalty in the 20 years since California had reinstated the death penalty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/168509653.html|title=SPECIAL REPORT: WHO'S WHO IN L.A. LAW|date=August 20, 2007|work=Los Angeles Business Journal|accessdate=2009-03-07}}</ref>
In one of his pro bono cases, Chu spent six years securing the reversal of a conviction of a death row inmate, the first reversal upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court of a conviction and death penalty in the 20 years since California had reinstated the death penalty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/168509653.html|title=SPECIAL REPORT: WHO'S WHO IN L.A. LAW|date=August 20, 2007|work=Los Angeles Business Journal|accessdate=2009-03-07}}</ref>


Chu and his wife Helen have endowed student scholarships at Harvard and UCLA, as well as the [[Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences]] (IMGSBS) at [[City of Hope National Medical Center|City of Hope]].{{cn|date=October 2020}}
Chu and his wife Helen have endowed student scholarships at Harvard and UCLA, as well as the [[Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences]] (IMGSBS) at [[City of Hope National Medical Center|City of Hope]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

In 2021, Chu and his wife Helen donated $1 million to [[Public Counsel]] to establish the Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 26, 2021|title=Morgan and Helen Chu Donate $1 Million to Public Counsel|url=http://www.publiccounsel.org/stories?id=0323|access-date=2021-03-26|website=|publisher=[[Public Counsel]]}}</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
Chu has received awards and honors as one of the top attorneys in the United States, as well as for his contributions to higher education and the community.<ref>http://whoswhoinamerica.com/morgan_chu/lawyer/occ23/7368160{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They include:
Chu has received awards and honors as one of the top attorneys in the United States, as well as for his contributions to higher education and the community.<ref>http://whoswhoinamerica.com/morgan_chu/lawyer/occ23/7368160 {{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They include:
* Honorary Doctorate, [[Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irell.com/news-57.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727124341/http://www.irell.com/news-57.html |archivedate=2009-07-27 }}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate, [[Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irell.com/news-57.html |title=Irell & Manella LLP: Morgan Chu Receives Honorary Degree; Elected to Harvard University Board |accessdate=2009-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727124341/http://www.irell.com/news-57.html |archivedate=2009-07-27 }}</ref>
* [[UCLA]] Medal (June 2007)<ref>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-13-2007/0004607955&EDATE</ref>
* [[UCLA]] Medal (June 2007)<ref>{{cite press release| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-13-2007/0004607955&EDATE| title = All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire}}</ref>
* Top Intellectual Property Lawyer in the United States in the first Chambers Award for Excellence, 2006.{{cn|date=October 2020}}
* Top Intellectual Property Lawyer in the United States in the first Chambers Award for Excellence, 2006.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* Distinguished Advocate (2006). The Edward A. Heafey Jr. Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Santa Clara University School of Law each year selects one outstanding trial or appellate lawyer to visit the law school as a "Distinguished Advocate."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://law.scu.edu/news/pr/distinguished-advocate-morgan-chu-to-speak-at-scu-school-of-law.cfm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702065551/http://law.scu.edu/news/pr/distinguished-advocate-morgan-chu-to-speak-at-scu-school-of-law.cfm |archive-date=2010-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Distinguished Advocate (2006). The Edward A. Heafey Jr. Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at [[Santa Clara University School of Law]] each year selects one outstanding trial or appellate lawyer to visit the law school as a "Distinguished Advocate."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://law.scu.edu/news/pr/distinguished-advocate-morgan-chu-to-speak-at-scu-school-of-law.cfm |title=Santa Clara Law: Distinguished Advocate, Morgan Chu to Speak at SCU School of Law |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702065551/http://law.scu.edu/news/pr/distinguished-advocate-morgan-chu-to-speak-at-scu-school-of-law.cfm |archive-date=2010-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* PACE-Setter Award (2004) from the [[Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment]]
* PACE-Setter Award (2004) from the [[Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment]]
* Learned Hand Award (2003) from the [[American Jewish Committee]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napaba.org/napaba/showpage.asp?code=NewsArchives|title=MORGAN CHU RECEIVES LEARNED HAND AWARD|work=2003 Archives|publisher=NAPABA|accessdate=2009-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902054634/http://www.napaba.org/napaba/showpage.asp?code=NewsArchives|archive-date=2007-09-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Learned Hand Award (2003) from the [[American Jewish Committee]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napaba.org/napaba/showpage.asp?code=NewsArchives|title=MORGAN CHU RECEIVES LEARNED HAND AWARD|work=2003 Archives|publisher=NAPABA|accessdate=2009-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902054634/http://www.napaba.org/napaba/showpage.asp?code=NewsArchives|archive-date=2007-09-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* "Top Ten Trial Lawyers" in the nation from the [[National Law Journal]]{{cn|date=October 2020}}
* "Top Ten Trial Lawyers" in the nation from the [[National Law Journal]]{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" from the National Law Journal{{cn|date=October 2020}}
* "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" from the National Law Journal{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* At the age of 16, Chu and six others participated in the [[Subway Challenge]], setting the [[Guinness World Record]] for traveling through every [[New York City Subway]] station in the shortest time on one fare: 22 hours {{frac|11|1|2}} minutes.{{cn|date=October 2020}}
* At the age of 16, Chu and six others participated in the [[Subway Challenge]], setting the [[Guinness World Record]] for traveling through every [[New York City Subway]] station in the shortest time on one fare: 22 hours {{frac|11|1|2}} minutes.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}


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Latest revision as of 17:03, 12 December 2024

Morgan Chu
朱欽文
Born (1950-12-27) December 27, 1950 (age 73)
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA, PhD)
Yale University (MSL)
Harvard University (JD)
OccupationPatent lawyer
EmployerIrell & Manella
FatherJu-Chin Chu
Relatives

Morgan Chu (Chinese: 朱欽文; pinyin: Zhū Qìngwén; born December 27, 1950)[1] is an American intellectual property attorney. In June 2009, Harvard alumni elected Chu to a six-year term as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers.[2]

Family

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Morgan Chu's father, Ju-Chin Chu, left China in 1943 to study chemical engineering, earning a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He later taught at Washington University in St. Louis and at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Chu's mother Ching Chen Li, also left China during World War II to study economics at MIT. His parents married in 1945 and began a family.[3]

Chu is the youngest of three brothers. His oldest brother, Gilbert Chu, holds an M.D. and a Ph.D., and is a professor of biochemistry and medicine at Stanford University.[4] The middle brother, Steven Chu, was a professor of physics at Stanford and later a professor of physics and molecular and cellular biology at University of California, Berkeley, and the director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Steven Chu was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997 and was President Obama's Secretary of Energy from January 21, 2009, to April 22, 2013.

Education

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Chu dropped out of high school and left home, but by age 25 he had five university degrees. Although he never received a high school diploma, he gained admittance to UCLA, where he earned a B.A. (1971) in political science, and a M.A. (1972) and Ph.D (1973) in urban educational policy planning.[5] Chu then received a Master of Studies in Law from Yale Law School (1974) and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School (1976) [6]

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Following his law school graduation, Chu served as a law clerk for Hon. Charles M. Merrill, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1976–1977). In 1977, Chu went to work as an associate at the Los Angeles law firm of Irell & Manella. Chu was elevated to partner in 1982, and became the firm's co-managing partner in 1997, serving two terms until 2003. Chu is known for his many high-profile trials involving technology.[7]

Public service

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When Chu was still an undergraduate at UCLA, he co-founded UCLA's Asian American Studies Center.[8] He has previously served on the Board of Governors of the University of California, Los Angeles Foundation. Mr. Chu also has been an adjunct professor of law at UCLA School of Law and has served as a judge pro tem.

At Harvard Law School, Chu was an editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, a leading legal journal founded to promote personal freedoms and human dignities.

Since law school, Chu has been a frequent lecturer and teacher.[9][10][11] He participated in symposia at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and he was the Traphagen Distinguished Speaker at Harvard in 2003. Chu served as an adjunct professor at UCLA Law School from 1978 to 1981. He has lectured or delivered papers at Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Georgetown, Northwestern, California Institute of Technology, UCLA, University of Southern California, among other venues.

Chu was Founding Chair of U.S.C. Law School's Intellectual Property Law Institute (2004–06), and has served on its Executive Committee since 2004.[12]

Chu serves on the Board and Executive Committee of Public Counsel, the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the world.[13] In one of his pro bono cases, Chu spent six years securing the reversal of a conviction of a death row inmate, the first reversal upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court of a conviction and death penalty in the 20 years since California had reinstated the death penalty.[14]

Chu and his wife Helen have endowed student scholarships at Harvard and UCLA, as well as the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences (IMGSBS) at City of Hope.[citation needed]

In 2021, Chu and his wife Helen donated $1 million to Public Counsel to establish the Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair.[15]

Awards and honors

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Chu has received awards and honors as one of the top attorneys in the United States, as well as for his contributions to higher education and the community.[16] They include:

References

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  1. ^ "Morgan Chu Profile | Los Angeles, CA Lawyer | Martindale.com".
  2. ^ "The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Six Elected to Board of Overseers". Archived from the original on 2009-06-16.
  3. ^ "Nobel Prize". Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  4. ^ "CAP Profile".
  5. ^ Chu, Morgan (1974). The political influence of urban subcommunities: A study of compensatory education and school district decentralization (Ph.D.). University of California, Los Angeles. OCLC 320070569 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "Morgan Chu: Titan of Tech Trials 1/7 | Asian American Personalities | GoldSea".
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "AASC | Asian American Studies Center".
  9. ^ "Speakers - Harvard Journal of Law & Technology".
  10. ^ "Milken Institute Events - - Speaker Biography - Morgan Chu". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  11. ^ "Law school graduation season draws a variety of commencement speakers | National Law Journal".
  12. ^ "Program Agenda". USC Law. Archived from the original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  13. ^ "Public Counsel Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  14. ^ "SPECIAL REPORT: WHO'S WHO IN L.A. LAW". Los Angeles Business Journal. August 20, 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  15. ^ "Morgan and Helen Chu Donate $1 Million to Public Counsel". Public Counsel. March 26, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  16. ^ http://whoswhoinamerica.com/morgan_chu/lawyer/occ23/7368160 [permanent dead link‍]
  17. ^ "Irell & Manella LLP: Morgan Chu Receives Honorary Degree; Elected to Harvard University Board". Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  18. ^ "All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire" (Press release).
  19. ^ "Santa Clara Law: Distinguished Advocate, Morgan Chu to Speak at SCU School of Law". Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  20. ^ "MORGAN CHU RECEIVES LEARNED HAND AWARD". 2003 Archives. NAPABA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-02. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
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