Education

Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Juris Doctor, 1993

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Bachelor of Arts, English, 1981

Honors

Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1991-93

Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review, Volume 53, 1992-93

Author of "Small Employers and Group Health Insurance: Should ERISA Apply?," 52 La.L.Rev. 971 (1992)

Winner of Vinson & Elkins Award for Best Student Law Review Article, 1991-92

Co-author of "Wetland Determination from the Buyer's and Seller's Views" in Perspective 38 (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors 1993) (with David C. Loeb, Esq. and Wade R. Ragas, Ph.D.)

Author of "Ethical Issues in Appellate Courts" in Louisiana Appellate Workshop: Real-World Tactics (National Business Institute, New Orleans, La., June 21, 2013)

Member, Appellate Practice Advisory Commission of the Louisiana Board of  Legal Specialization, July 1, 2021-present  

Bar Admissions

Louisiana Supreme Court and all Louisiana state courts (1993)

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1994)

United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (2001)

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (2015)

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1996)

United States Court of Federal Claims (1995)

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1996)

United States Supreme Court (1994)

Certification

Board Certified Appellate Practice Specialist - Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization (2021)

Professional Experience

Jan. 2017-present: Tolar Harrigan & Morris LLC, New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana: Partner, Litigation Attorney -- business and commercial law, patent, trademark, and copyright law, insurance law, construction law, real estate and property law, and appellate practice counseling and litigation

1999-present:  Jack E. Morris, Attorney at Law, LLC, Metairie, Louisiana: Owner, Litigation Attorney -- business and commercial law, patent, trademark, and copyright law, insurance law, construction law, real estate and property law, and appellate practice counseling and litigation

1998-99:  Molaison, Colvin, Greenberg, Zelenka, Morris & Loeb, LLP, Gretna, Louisiana -- Partner, Litigation Attorney

1994-98:  Molaison, Price & Loeb, L.L.P., Gretna, Louisiana --Associate, Litigation Attorney

1993-94:  Justice Catherine D. Kimball, Supreme Court of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana -- Judicial Clerk

1991-93:  Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Breslin & Murray, Metairie, Louisiana -- Law Clerk