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Grant E Morris
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Biography
Grant Morris is Of Counsel to Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP in the Washington, DC Office. Mr. Morris is Co-Chair with Charles Field of Sanford Heisler Sharp’s Financial Services Litigation Practice.
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Prior to working with Sanford Heisler Sharp, Mr. Morris served as Senior Counsel for First American Bankshares in Washington, DC. Mr. Morris has also worked in the Office of General Counsel at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Systematic Division, and in the Office of General Counsel at the National Labor Relations Board Appellate Court Branch, both in Washington, DC. Additionally, Mr. Morris clerked for Justice John D. Butzner at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Mr. Morris served as lead counsel in more than 30 class actions involving discrimination and wage and hour claims. Mr. Morris originated and was co-lead counsel on one of the largest class action age discrimination cases in US history, which settled for $58.5 million. In Velez v. Novartis Pharms. Corp. Grant won a $250 million award, the largest recovery in US history. He also a secured $99 million settlement on behalf of the class in one of the largest wage and hour settlements in US history (In re Novartis Wage & Hour Litigation). Mr. Morris has assisted various branches of the NAACP across the country, including its national office, in reviewing and litigating discrimination complaints.
Mr. Morris was previously given the Outstanding Litigator Award by the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. He graduated from George Washington University in 1968 with an academic scholarship and high honors. Mr. Morris also graduated first in his class with a graduate teaching fellowship from the MBA program at George Washington University in 1970. He graduated from the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University in 1973 with honors and an academic scholarship. He was a member of the law review and published two law review articles.
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Licensed in District of Columbia for 48 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1977
No misconduct found
Licensed in Virginia for 49 years
State: Virginia
Acquired: 1976
No misconduct found
Location
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP
700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20009
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Experience
Work Experience
2004 - Present
Of Counsel, Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP
1980 - 1990
Senior Counsel, First American Bankshares
1979 - 1980
Attorney, EEOC
1975 - 1980
Lecturer, George Washington University
1975 - 1977
Attorney, National Labor Relations Board
Associations
2000 - 2000
National Employment Lawyers AssociationMember
2000 - 2000
Metropolitan Area Employment Lawyers AssociationMember
1985 - 1985
American Bar AssociationMember
1979 - 1979
Virginia Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Rhodes v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores
Successful Settlement
Hyman v. First Union Corp.,
settled for $58.5 million
Velez v. Novartis Pharms. Corp.,
$250 million award
In re Novartis Wage & Hour Litig.
$99 million settlement
United States v. Medtronic
$23.5 million settlement
Education
1973
Catholic University of America
JD - Juris Doctor
1970
George Washington University
M.B.A
1968
George Washington University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
English