William B. Morrin

Mr. Morrin is an attorney engaged in private civil practice in Philadelphia, PA.  His offices are currently at 1806 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, PA.  He has been in private practice since 2006.  He was formerly an associate with Edward A. Taraskus, P.C. from 1986 to 2006, where he concentrated in representing restaurants, taverns, nightclubs, private clubs, hotels and other licensees of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.  He is currently engaged in general civil practice with a concentration in Liquor Law, Contracts, Real Estate (commercial and residential), Civil Litigation (plaintiff and defense), and general business representation.  He is a graduate of Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, PA (J.D., 1986).  He received a B.A. in 1983, maxima cum laude, from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Sigma (Alpha Iota Chapter), Alpha Epsilon, Criminal Justice Honor Society, St. Thomas More Law Society, and the Faculty/Student Judicial Board.  He has been admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar since 1986.  He is admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  He has sat as an Arbitrator, as a Master and as a Judge Pro Tem for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.  He is the founder of Legal-Ease Enterprises, Inc., a small business which has provided service of process (writ service), court filing, investigative services, and electronic filing to attorneys and other legal professionals in the tri-county area since 1987.  He is also the co-founder of Bar Doctors, Inc., a consulting and brokerage business for the restaurant, tavern and nightclub industry ().

Mr. Morrin has personally handled hundreds of liquor license transfers, involving person-to-person transfers, place-to-place transfers and double transfers.  He has represented licensees and applicants in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Berks and Lehigh counties in matters before the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the Office of Administrative Law Judge, the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, and various local Zoning Boards, Sheriff’s Offices, Courts of Common Pleas, Municipal Courts and District Justice Courts.  He has also represented clients in liquor, zoning and other matters before the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Superior Court. 

Mr. Morrin has been involved in the buying, selling and appraising of liquor licenses in counties throughout Pennsylvania since 1986.