Snell & Wilmer Partners Hafen and Morton Selected To SDCBA Leadership Roles for 2021 Term

SAN DIEGO - Nov. 17, 2020 - PRLog -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that partners Steffi Gascón Hafen and Jeffrey D. Morton have been selected to join San Diego County Bar Association leadership in 2021. Hafen will be Vice Chair of the Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law section. Morton will be Member at Large for the Intellectual Property Law section.

"Steffi and I are honored to be active leaders in the SDCBA," said Morton. "In these roles, we look forward to finding new ways to serve our legal community."

Hafen is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, California Board of Legal Specialization. She is a partner of the firm's Private Client Services and General Federal Tax practice groups. Hafen's practice is concentrated in tax, trust, and estate matters with emphasis in estate planning, trust and probate administration, and estate and gift taxation. For more information on Hafen's practice, visit https://www.swlaw.com/people/steffi_gascon.

Morton represents start-up and large enterprises for their intellectual property, technology and commercial law needs. His practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property and technology law, with particular experience in the life sciences industry. Morton has significant patent prosecution experience in a wide range of technologies, including immunotherapeutics for treating diabetes, HIV and cancer, and DNA sequencing methods and related devices. For more information on Morton's practice, visit https://www.swlaw.com/people/jeffrey_morton.

Earlier in 2020, Hafen and Morton relocated to San Diego to lead the firm's efforts to further establish its presence in the region. The San Diego office is the firm's third location in California and was established to meet the growing needs of its clients in the region. Located in one of the top biotech centers in the United States, the office will focus on biotech intellectual property, as well as tax, private client services, and labor and employment services to a wide range of individuals, businesses, and industries.

About Snell & Wilmer
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing in 15 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including San Diego, Los Angeles, and Orange County, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.swlaw.com.