Morgan & Morgan P.A. is a national plaintiffs law firm that operates on a contingency-fee basis. Founded by John Morgan in 1988, the firm handles a wide variety of practice areas, including personal injury, car accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability, class action, mass torts, insurance disputes, labor and employment, maritime and admiralty law, nursing home abuse, slip and fall, social security disability, whistleblower/qui tam, workers' compensation, antitrust litigation, complex business litigation.
Morgan & Morgan's slogan is "For the People." The firm's website states that the slogan denotes a commitment to "represent the people, not the powerful" and to never take a case for a large company or insurance carrier.
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History
In 1988, John Morgan and Stewart Colling formed the practice that would eventually become Morgan & Morgan in Orlando, Florida. Initially, the firm was named Morgan, Colling & Gilbert after the founding partners and Ron Gilbert, who joined soon after.
In 2005 the partners split amicably, and Morgan changed the name to Morgan & Morgan. The name indicates Morgan's partnership with his wife, Ultima Morgan, a corporate attorney at the firm.
By 1992, the firm had expanded to consist of eight lawyers, ten paralegals, and a sizable support staff. In 1995 they opened a second office in Tampa. By the time the original partners split, the firm had 85 lawyers and 600 employees in Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa and Fort Myers and had begun to practice nationwide mass tort litigation.
The firm continues to expand into new practice areas and new cities.
The Morgans' sons Mike, Matt and Dan are also attorneys with the firm and regularly appear in television commercials.
Rankings and awards
In June 2017, legal rating service Super Lawyers rated 13 of the firm's attorneys as Florida Super Lawyers and 28 other lawyers as Florida Rising Stars. The designations recognize attorneys for their achievements in the legal field, such as verdicts and settlements and legal experience, among other considerations.
In 2017, 26 of the firm's attorneys across dozens of offices earned accolades in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for their work in the fields of medical malpractice law, personal injury litigation, workers' compensation law, entertainment law, and construction law and litigation. That same year, four of the firm's attorneys were named to the 2017 Florida Legal Elite list, which results from a peer-review process among members of The Florida Bar.
Morgan & Morgan was designated a 2015 Tier One "Best Law Firm" in Orlando by U.S. News - Best Lawyers for Personal Injury. It was designated a 2015 Tier One "Best Law Firm" by U.S. News - Best Lawyers in Nashville in two practice areas, Personal Injury and Product Liability Litigation.
The firm was selected for Elite Trial Lawyers by The National Law Journal in 2014 and 2015, which is a recognition given to "50 law firms from across the country that accomplished the largest awards for their plaintiff clients."
The Orlando Sentinel named Morgan & Morgan "Best Attorney" in the city in 2014.
Notable cases
Morgan & Morgan's attorneys have attained several prominent verdicts, such as large jury awards in cases against tobacco companies, including a $90.8 million verdict against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for a widower whose husband died from lung cancer and a $40 million verdict against R. J. Reynolds and Philip Morris.
In 2012, Morgan & Morgan filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook and the underwriters of the company's initial public offering on behalf of purchasers of common stock pursuant or traceable to the company's May 18, 2012 initial public offering (IPO). The lawsuit alleged that Facebook failed to disclose material information to the investing public, constituting securities fraud.
In 2012, U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga disqualified the entire firm from a class action suit for their "deplorable behavior" including insisting on holding depositions in a Dunkin' Donuts, appearing at depositions dressed in T-shirt and shorts, bragging about playing Angry Birds during depositions, and drawing then showing off "pictures of male genitalia" during depositions.
Other notable cases include the defamation suit against Casey Anthony, in which John Morgan represented Zenaida Gonzalez against allegations that she was responsible for the disappearance of Caylee Anthony.
Morgan & Morgan firm is extensively involved in lawsuits against SoCalGas representing Porter Ranch residents.
Morgan & Morgan attorney John Yanchunis is representing plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit against Home Depot for the 2014 data breach that affected over 56 million consumers credit cards. In March 2016 Home Depot agreed to a settlement that required them to establish a $13 million fund to reimburse plaintiffs and a $6.5 million million fund for cardholder identity protection services.
In 2016, Morgan & Morgan filed lawsuits against Monster Beverage on behalf of consumers of Monster energy drinks who allege serious adverse health effects.
In September 2016, Morgan & Morgan filed a lawsuit on behalf of three plaintiffs against The Mosaic Company, a phosphate producing company. The suit alleges that harmful radioactive chemicals may have seeped into a local water supply in Mulberry, Florida after a sinkhole opened up close to a nearby Mosaic fertilizer plant.
In 2017, Morgan & Morgan filed a class action lawsuit against herbicide manufacturers like Monsanto, DuPont, and BASF on behalf of farmers who suffered heavy crop losses due to dicamba, a highly volatile herbicide that according to reports can drift off-site onto neighboring farms.
On September 7, 2017, Morgan & Morgan attorney John Yanchunis filed a class action lawsuit against major credit reporting agency Equifax over a data breach that potentially compromised the sensitive data of 143 million consumers.
On September 22, 2017, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announced that Morgan & Morgan was one of the law firms selected to investigate and lead potential litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers who may have caused or contributed to the opioid crisis in Kentucky.
Notable current and former attorneys
- Mike Clelland
- Charlie Crist
- Heather Fitzenhagen
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Belvin Perry
- Jan Schlichtmann
- Greg Stumbo
- Mike Espy
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