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Admitted: 1973, Illinois; 1976, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1982, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1983, Michigan Law School: University of Minnesota, J.D. Member: Marinette County (Secretary, 1976-1978), Menominee County Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin; State Bar of Michigan; Wisconsin School Attorneys Association. Biography: Member, Minnesota Law Review, 1972-1973. Assistant City Attorney, Marinette, 1976-1981. Acting Marinette County Corporation, 2000-2001; Former President or Chair of Goodwill Industries of NE Wisconsin; Menominee Catholic Central Education Foundation; University of Wisconsin Marinette Foundation; Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce; Riverside Country Club. Currently a Member of the State of Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners. Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin- Marinette and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Born: Chicago, Illinois, February 10, 1948
Attorney Profile
James Ashley Morrison
James Morrison is a graduate of the College of St. Thomas (1970) and the University of Minnesota Law School (1973, cum laude), a member of the Minnesota Law Review and is admitted to practice law in Michigan and Wisconsin as well as the Federal Courts in those States.
Jim began his legal career in Chicago with the firm of Hubacheck, Kelly, Rauch, and Kirby. In 1976, he moved to Marinette, Wisconsin, where he began practicing with Topel, Jabas, and Faller prior to the formation of the law firm of Jabas & Morrison in 1977. The firm is now known as James A. Morrison, S.C..
Jim has represented individuals, businesses, many municipalities, school boards, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations, as well as serving on many community and civic boards, including Goodwill Industries (President for 5 years and Board Member for 6 years), Northland Lutheran Foundation, United Way, the Menominee Catholic Central Foundation, Riverside County Club, the M & M Community Foundation and is currently President of the University of Wisconsin-Marinette Foundation. Jim has served as Chair of the Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for two terms. He speaks regularly to groups in the areas of Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts, Medical Assistance Planning , and numerous Business, Labor Relations and Management Topics. He is a certified part time instructor at the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Business Law, Paralegal Studies and Probate and Estate Planning areas and an adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Marinette.
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