On Tuesday, an Alameda County jury returned a $60 million wrongful death verdict against software developer Hans Reiser, who was convicted in 2008 of the 2006 murder of his wife, Nina. Reiser, who represented himself and who is currently in prison, argued during the weeklong trial that he murdered Nina because he was afraid she would harm their two children, Rory and Niorline.
Morrison & Foerster partner Arturo Gonzalez represented the Reiser children, who are 11 and 12, and their Russian grandmother, arguing that Nina had in fact been a loving mother and not the imbalanced Munchausen by proxy syndrome-sufferer Reiser portrayed her to be. The Recorder caught up with him Wednesday to discuss the high-profile and emotional case, and the firm’s interest in representing children pro bono.
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