John Morris
Senior Counsel

Areas of Practice:
Civil Litigation (Business / Commercial) including trials and appeals.
Rated AV.

Education:
University of Oklahoma College of Law
J.D., with honors, 1980
University of Oklahoma
B.A., with honors, 1977

Honors & Publications:
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Delta Phi
Order of the Coif
Order of the Barristers
Member and Note Editor, University of Oklahoma Law Review

Author: “Constitutional Law: A Constitutional Analysis of the New Oklahoma Abortion Statute,” 32 Oklahoma Law Review 138, 1979; “Constitutional Law: Substantive Due Process and the Incompetent Organ Donor,” 33 Oklahoma Law Review 126, 1980; “The Parameters of Judicial Conduct during an Oklahoma Jury Trial of a Criminal Defendant,” 53 Oklahoma Bar Journal 1307, 1982; “Military Rule of Evidence 404(b): A Case Study in ‘Whodunit'?,” 16 The Advocate 51, 1984; “Rehabilitative Potential of the Accused: Have the Floodgates Been Opened on Sentencing?,” 16 The Advocate 75, 1984; “Opening Statement: An Opportunity for Effective Defense Advocacy,” The Army Lawyer, September 1986 at 10; “Rights Warnings in the Military: An Article 31(b) Update,” 115 Military Law Review 261, 1987; Oklahoma Trial Handbook (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995); Co-author: Oklahoma Trial Practice (West Group, 1999).  Master of the Bench (Emeritus) and Past President, Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court XXIII.  [Captain, JAGC , U.S. Army, 1980-1987; Major, JAGC, USAR, 1987-1991.]  

Oklahoma Bar Association, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, and U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1981
U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, 1987
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1994
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1995
U.S. Tax Court 1996
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2000

Personal:
John R. Morris has practiced law for over 25 years and has successfully tried over 100 civil and criminal cases.  Morris joined Gungoll Jackson in August 2008 and is the senior trial attorney in the Oklahoma City Office.

A 1980 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Mr. Morris has contributed numerous articles to professional publications and presented various trial-related subjects at continuing legal education seminars in Oklahoma..

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