Name: Sam Morgan
Address: 30500 Northwestern Hwy Ste 425, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334, US
Telephone: +1 (248) 988-9655
Price range: $ 350-400 per hour
Rating: 5.0

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Licensed for 41 years

Arbitration Lawyer at Farmington Hills, MI
Practice Areas: Arbitration, General Practice, Privacy ... +15 more

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About Sam

Biography

Sam Morgan focuses his practice on employment rights and business disputes. As a trial lawyer, most of his cases are in litigation or have the potential to go to litigation. After starting his career on the defense/management-side, Mr. Morgan switched firms in the early 1990's so that he could handle cases for individual employees. He is one of the few employment litigators in Michigan that litigates cases on both sides of the employee/management fence. That background is extremely valuable when it comes to evaluating and developing litigation strategies for employee-side clients, because Mr. Morgan knows how their claims will be defended, and he knows the factors that drive decisions on the defense side - especially those that lead to a fair and expeditious settlement.

Mr. Morgan handles employment-related matters in the private and public sectors, including breach of employment contract and wrongful discharge claims involving age discrimination, sex discrimintion, race discrimination, disabliity discrimination, illegal retaliation against Whistleblowers, retaliation against employees who report sexual harassment and racial harassment, retaliation against employees that request and use leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, retaliation against employees who suffer workers compensation injuries, and for public employees under the U.S. Constitution (denial of due process and retaliation for speech and associations) and civil service statutes, non-payment of wages, sales commissions and overtime pay, the enforcement of restrictive covenants such as non-competition agreements, confidentiality agreements, and disputes over the misappropriation, use and/or disclosure of proprietary information and/or trade secrets. The business disputes and lawsuits include minority owner oppression claims, breach of commercial contracts, and a variety of business torts. These cases are litigated in state and federal courts, or in the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, before state and local civil service commissions, or in private arbitration.

On the advice and counsel side, Mr. Morgan counsels and advises business owners and human resource on workforce management issues, the development of personnel policies and procedures, discipline and termination decisions, and investigations of sexual harassment complaints and employee misconduct. He also assists both employee and employer clients with employment contracts, executive compensation agreements, and the negotiation of severance pay and separation agreements.

Mr. Morgan is AV-rated ("Preeminent") by Martindale-Hubbell, and is a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers. He has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America 2006 through 2025, for Labor and Employment Law, including a "Lawyer of the Year" listing in 2016, and he has been listed in SuperLawyers 2006 through 2025, for his work in representing Plaintiffs in Employment Litigation, including a listing as one of the Top 100 Michigan Superlawyers in 2010-2014, 2024-2025. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, B.A., 1981, and Michigan State University College of Law, J.D., 1984.

A member of the State Bar of Michigan since 1984, Mr. Morgan is also admitted in the US District Court, E.Dist. Michigan, the US District Court, W. Dist. Michigan, and the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He served on the Michigan State Bar's Labor and Employment Section Council from 2013-2017, is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, Detroit Bar Association, Macomb County Bar Association and the Novi Chamber of Commerce (Chairman of Board of Directors, 2015 and 2016).

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Practice Areas

Other 15%

15%

Arbitration 5%

Business 5%

Civil Rights 5%

Public and private sector claims involving wrongful termination from employment, race discrimination in employment and performance of a contract, invasion of privacy, improper eavesdropping, housing and public services discrimination.

36 years | 20 cases

Communications and Media 5%

Constitutional 5%

Public sector employee wrongful termination cases involving claims under the 14th Amendment due process clause and 1st Amendment speech and association protections.

24 years | 20 cases

Contracts and Agreements 5%

Drafting of employment contracts and reviews of severance agreements. Litigation of business disputes ranging from breach of commercial contracts, minority shareholder oppression, breach of fiduciary duties, wind-down and dissolution of business associations, enforcement of non-compete and other restrictive activities agreement, trade secret misappropriation, and other business torts. Metro Detroit-area, and throughout Michigan.

36 years | 50 cases

Discrimination 5%

Illegal employment discrimination situations that do not involve termination of employment.

36 years | 50 cases

Employment and Labor 5%

Litigation of claims involving non-payment of wages and overtime pay, violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, and workplace safety (OSHA). Advice and counsel to employer clients on workforce management issues.

41 years | 500 cases

General Practice 5%

Lawsuits and Disputes 5%

Life Insurance 5%

Litigation 5%

Mediation 5%

Privacy 5%

Sexual Harassment 5%

Advice and counsel to victims of sexual harassment, assisting and representing clients through internal investigations and external investigations by EEOC and state civil rights department.

36 years | 75 cases

Workers Compensation 5%

Wrongful Termination 5%

Terminations involving illegal age, race, gender or disability discrimination, illegal retaliation (e.g., retaliation for a sexual harassment complaint, or whistleblowing), employment contracts, public policy, and public-sector employee terminations.

36 years | 500 cases

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 350-400 per hour

Contingency

33%-40%

Payment Methods

Cash
Check
Credit Card

Licenses

Licensed in Michigan for 41 years

State: Michigan

Acquired: 1984

Active in Good Standing

No misconduct found

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Location

Morgan & Jones, PLLC.

30500 Northwestern Hwy Ste 425, [email protected], Farmington Hills, MI, 48334

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Posted by anonymous | November 19, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Sam won a Discrimination/Wrongful Termination case for me

In 2010, I was terminated illegally by my employer. I found Sam on AVVO and met with him to talk about my situation. There was a top manager who - for whatever reason - didn't like me. I'd been with the company nearly 15 years and always got stellar reviews. This manager tried to get the HR Manager... to fire me, but she refused because there was no reason. So he got someone from the Corporate office to do the deed. I think they call that a "Cat's Paw" case. The company doesn't like public attention, likes to keep a low profile, but is a huge, international company traded on the NYSE. I was determined to take the matter all the way to court and let a jury decide whether the company had done anything wrong, because I'm sure a jury would have been sickened by how I'd been treated. But Sam convinced me the best thing to do was to settle (6-figures) and be done with it. Sam negotiated a reasonable settlement for me and I got to move on with my life. Although the company didn't fire the scuzzy manager who got me fired, I do know that he's been sidelined, not allowed to make management decisions because he has no common sense. That was more a victory than the $, to me, because this manager has ZERO skills to sell himself outside the company he's with, so he has no options. Haha! Success! Thank you, Sam!

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