Paul A. Morrison

Email: paul.morrison@hmrwlaw.com

Paul Morrison is the firm’s managing partner and focuses on personal injury and wrongful death, and high profile criminal and domestic relations cases. He helped frame the law on the standard of proof in criminal matters in his successful appellate defense in the "Black Widow Killer" case where he obtained an absolute reversal of his client's conviction for murder. (1) Mr.Morrison was also the driving force in helping to define appellate procedure in domestic cases where no transcript is available on appeal. (2) He received his Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in 1984 from the University of Southern Mississippi and his law degree from Washington & Lee University as a prestigious Head Burks Scholar in 1987. Prior to establishing his present firm in 1996, Mr. Morrison practiced law in Leesburg, Virginia where he was a member of the Board of Directors for the Loudoun County Bar Association. He is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Virginia Trial Lawyer’s Association and is admitted to practice before all Federal Courts in Virginia as well as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Because of his success in personal injury matters, most notably, wrongful death cases, he is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Compassion and reality rolled into one, with an inability to accept defeat.

Biography:

Paul A. Morrison (Member) born Columbia, Missouri, June 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Christian Brothers College; University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., with honors, 1984); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1987). Member, Moot Court Team. Coach, Davis Team. Burks Scholar Teaching Fellowship, Washington and Lee, 1986-1987. Member: Loudoun County Bar, 1987-1994 (Board of Directors, 1989-1990), Fauquier County (Neutral Case Evaluator, 2001-), Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations, NACDL, AAJ, VTLA. Notable reported Cases: Carter v. Commonwealth, 11 Va App. 569, 400 S.E. 2d 540 (1991); Betancourt v. Commonwealth, 26 Va App. 363, 494 S.E.2d 873 (1998); Kyhl v. Kyhl, 32 Va. App 53, 526 S.E.2d 292 (2000). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Law; Domestic Relations; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death.

(1) http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opncavtx/0864964.txt ;

(2) http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opncavwp/3000984.pdf