Mary Ann Morgan

ATTORNEY Mary Ann Morgan

Senior Counsel

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Managing Partner at Morgan Trial Law, formerly Billings, Morgan & Boatwright, where she handled Personal injury/wrongful death cases. Since graduating from Florida State University College of Law in 1986 she has achieved numerous accolades as a lawyer and community leader. She is widely recognized for her dedication to achieving justice for her clients.

Ms. Morgan has had an extensive involvement in the legal community, serving for nine years on the Board of Governors for the Florida Bar. She chaired key Florida Bar committees, receiving the Florida Bar President’s Award for her dedication to the legal disciplinary system. She served as President of the Orange County Bar Association in 2001-2002. In 2023 Mary Ann received the Orange County Bar’s Wm Trickel Professionalism Award, the highest honor given by the bar.

Her commitment to pro bono work and community service is evident through her active participation in organizations like the Central Florida Trial Lawyers Association and the Florida Justice Association. She also served as President of the Orange County Legal Aid Society in 1999-2000.

Mary Ann is highly respected in her field as a consumer justice attorney, earning the prestigious AV rating from Martindale Hubbell and being listed in Who’s Who in American Law. She was recognized as one of the nation’s Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyers, included in Fla Trend’s Legal Elite and is a Florida Super Lawyer.

Throughout her career, she has been involved in various guardianship cases, helping children in need. Her dedication and passion for this work are evident through the pictures displayed in her office of children she has assisted over the years.

Apart from her professional achievements, Mary Ann is also a devoted family woman, being married for 30 years to husband Patrick Burke and having a daughter, Beth and a grandson, Wes. She and her husband are active members at St. Margaret Mary church in Winter Park where she has taught Sunday School.

Making a Difference Daily: Mary Ann Morgan’s Commitment as Senior Counsel to Positive Impact

Bar Admissions

Florida, 1986; S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1987; U.S. Supreme Court, 2000

Education

Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1986 J.D.

Honors: Vice-President, Student Bar Association

Honors: Legislative Intern, State of Florida House of Representatives

Honors: FSU Trial Team, ATLA Competition Who’s Who Among American Law Student’s

Classes/Seminars Taught

Speaker: “Inadequate Security: Making Your Case”, American Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2000

Honors and Awards

Orange County Bar Assn Wm Trickel Jr. Professionalism Award 2023

Leading American Attorneys

Florida Justice Assn Founder’s Award 2016

Lawdragon 500 Leading Consumer Attorneys 2023

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Supporting Fellow, American Inns of Court, 1992

Fellow, Florida Bar Foundation, 2002 – 2006

Fla Bar President’s Tony Boggs Award for Disciplinary Excellence, 2017

Leader in the Law Award recipient

The National Trial Lawyers “Top 100 Trial Lawyer Award”

Martindale Hubbel Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Law Dragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America

The States Legal Leaders (Florida Trend)

Law Dragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America

National Association of Distinguished Counsel Nations Top One Percent

Professional Associations and Memberships

Florida Bar

Board of Governors 2009 – 2018

(Chair Communications Committee 2012-2013)

Florida Bar Foundation, Fellow 2002 – Present

Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial

Circuit, 1993-1996 (Chair 1996)

Speakers Bureau, 1997-2013

Executive Committee 2012-2013

Disciplinary Review Committee 2009 – Present (Chair 2016-2017)

Program Evaluation Committee 2009 – 2012

Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services 2009 – Present

Strategic Planning Committee 2010-2013

Orange County Bar Association

President, 2001-2002

President, Young Lawyers Sections, 1990-1991

Executive Council, 1991-2003

Judicial Relations Committee, 1996-2002

Medical Legal Committee, 1991-1992

Legislative Committee, 1987-1989

Orange County Legal Aid Society

President, 1999-2000

Board of Directors, 1997-2003

Central Florida Trial Lawyers Association

Board of Directors, 2003-2011

Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers

State Representative, 1989-1991

American Trial Lawyers Association

Speaker, Annual Convention 2000

“Inadequate Security: Making your case”

Christian Legal Society

Pro Bono Activities

Coalition for the Homeless

Legal Aid and Society Pro Bono Volunteer Since 1987

Orlando Trial Lawyer Mary Ann Morgan Explains Why Results Have a Lasting Impact:

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“When life throws more at you than you can take on your own, let an incredible team of passionate warriors take up your battle and see this thing through!”

– Mary Ann Morgan

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