Manooher Mofidi

Partner

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Overview
Civic Involvement
Publications

Manoo practices in the firm’s product liability area. He clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, during his second summer of law school. While in law school he also published two articles and won two legal writing competitions. Before joining Thompson Coburn LLP, Manoo clerked for the Honorable Robert J. Kapelke at the Colorado Court of Appeals. Manoo is fluent in Farsi and proficient in French.

Haifa Israel: Volunteer (1989-1990)

A Primer on Waste Journal of the Missouri Bar (November-December 2007)

Illinois Non-Pattern Jury Instructions 3d ed., 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Supplement.

Doctrine or Doctrinaire: The First Strike Doctrine and Preemptive Self-Defense under International Law Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 2004)

’Unlawful Combatants’ or ‘Prisoners of War’: The Law and Politics of Labels Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2003)

“May Punitive Damages Obtained in the Underlying Action (But Subsequently Lost on Appeal) Be Recovered as Compensatory Damages in a Legal Malpractice Case Predicated on Negligence? A Hypothetical” Journal of the Missouri Bar (Summer 2003)

“The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the ‘Commercial Activity’ Exception: The Gulf Between Theory and Practice” Journal of International Legal Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter 1999)

“Prudential Timorousness in the Case Concerning East Timor (Portugal v. Australia)” Journal of International Law and Practice, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1998)

Courts

U.S. District Court, Eastern Missouri (2001)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2003)

Education

University of Denver Josef Korbel School of International Studies: Ph.D. (2005)
University of Denver Sturm College of Law: J.D. (1999); Winner, (alternate) Leonard B. Sutton Internationa; Winner, Dufford & Brown Legal Writing Competition
American University, School of International Service: M.A. (1994)
Bellarmine College: M.B.A. (1992)
University of Louisville: B.S. (1989)

Employment

Thompson Coburn LLP: Partner (2011-Present); Counsel (2008-2010); Associate (2000-2007)
Colorado Court of Appeals: Judicial Clerk (1999-2000)
U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service: Law Clerk (Summer 1998)
University of Denver College of Law: Teaching Assistant (1997-1999)
United Nations Information Center: Congressional Liaison (1994-1995)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Research Assistant (1994-1995)