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Morgan Henry

Attorney

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Morgan is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, where she focuses her legal practice on Labor and Employment law.

Prior to joining the firm, Morgan was an Assistant City Counselor in the City Counselor’s Office of St. Louis City. Here, she litigated civil cases at the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts. Morgan has advised and represented elected and appointed officials, governmental commissions, agencies, departments, and employees on a broad range of legal issues. Morgan defends claims including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to pay overtime, and breach of contract brought before administrative agencies such as the EEOC, MCHR, and DOL.

Outside of the office, she enjoys cooking and baking, spending time with family, and volunteering in her community.

Licensures and Admissions

Missouri

Michigan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Representative Experience

Following a week-long jury trial in the 22nd Circuit in St. Louis City, Morgan obtained a complete defense verdict on behalf of an employer. The lawsuit alleged race, sex, and age discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation under the Missouri Human Rights Act. Only two of the original five claims brought by the Plaintiff were submitted to the jury after dismissal of the other three claims through motions for directed verdict. Morgan received this favorable verdict as a first chair with less than one year of licensure.

Morgan won on a motion for directed verdict for punitive damages in an employment trial on claims of race discrimination in promotional testing and denial of promotion under Missouri state law.

As co-counsel, Morgan achieved partial summary judgment on claims of civil conspiracy under Section 1985, First Amendment retaliation, as well as Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment due process violations under Section 1983, on behalf of the City of St. Louis, an elected official, and an appointed authority. The remaining claims were appealed to the Eighth Circuit.

Morgan has won several Unemployment Appeals before the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Publications

Co-author “Sovereignty, Race, and Freedom in Constitutions, Citations and Corpuses: The Citing Slavery Project” Journal for Digital Legal History (November 16, 2023).