| Attorney Profiles
Dianna M. Morris
dmorris@medlawlegalteam.com
Dianna Morris practices in the
Pharmaceutical Mass Tort division of the firm and focuses primarily on
Vioxx, Hormone Therapy and Gadolinium. Ms. Morris brings to the Med Law
Legal Team experience representing both plaintiffs and defendant health
care providers in medical and dental negligence cases. Her experience
working with health care defendants gives her a unique perspective when
prosecuting and settling claims on behalf of the seriously injured.
Ms. Morris is a member of
the American Association for Justice; the Maryland Trial Lawyers
Association; the American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar
Association, Women's Bar Association and Baltimore City Bar Association.
Ms. Morris graduated from
the Syracuse College of Law in 2000. She is admitted to practice before
all Maryland state and federal courts.
While in law school, Ms.
Morris served as the Notes and Comments Editor for the Syracuse Journal
of International Law and Commerce. She was also a Research Assistant for
Professor Samuel J.M. Donnelly, of Harvard Law School, where she
co-wrote articles for the Syracuse Law Review and assisted in analyzing
and editing, A Personalist Jurisprudence The Next Step, discussing
constitutional legal theory. In addition, Ms. Morris served as a student
attorney in the Criminal Law Clinic for several years defending indigent
criminal defendants from arraignment through trial, if necessary.
Ms. Morris received the
Dean's Scholarship as well as several CALI Awards for receiving top
honors in Insurance Law, Constitutional Law II, Immigration Law,
Criminal Law and Capital Punishment Seminar.
Prior to attending law
school, Ms. Morris worked for ten years on Capital Hill for Congressman
Steny Hoyer, of Maryland's Fifth Congressional District; for CNN; and as
a lobbyist on behalf of the broadcasting and wireless telecommunications
industries.
Ms. Morris completed her
undergraduate studies at Towson State University where she graduated,
Magna Cum Laude, in 1991 with a double major in Political Science and
Mass Communications. She was also a member of the women's swim team.
Education
<
BACK
| 
