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Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

Florida; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Courts, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.

Professional Experience

Attorney Paul Morris holds the rare dual board certification in appellate practice and criminal appellate practice. He specializes in federal and state civil and federal and state criminal appeals as well as complex trial support. Mr. Morris has briefed and argued hundreds of appeals in state and federal appellate courts including the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Florida, all of the District Courts of Appeal of Florida, other state appellate courts including New York and Illinois, and United States Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Mr. Morris has extensive experience in state civil and federal civil appeals and trial support in areas including: contract disputes; commercial litigation; corporate matters; employment disputes; injunctions; real estate transactions; brokerage commission cases; insurance disputes; estate claims; bad faith insurance cases; family law cases; condominium matters; libel and slander; title disputes; banking; replevin; discovery.

Representative Cases

Hubbard v. United States, Supreme Court of the United States

California v. Hodari D., Supreme Court of the United States

Freund v. Butterworth, U.S Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

U.S. v. Rural Lot, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit

U.S. v. Quinones, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit

U.S. v. Seni, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit

U.S. v. Loalza Vasquez, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit

U.S. v. Hubbard, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit

U.S. v. Thornton, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit

Centennial Bank v. Noah, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

U.S. v. Gafyczk, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

U.S. v. Calle, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Govoni v. State, Supreme Court of Florida

Velez v. Miami-Dade County Police Department, Supreme Court of Florida

Mackerley v. State, Supreme Court of Florida

Deren v. State, Supreme Court of Florida

Natkow v. Natkow, Supreme Court of Florida

Falcone v. Laquer, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

Arena Garage v. Laquer Corp. Realty, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

Siegel v. Rowe, Florida 2d District Court of Appeal

Goldberg v. State, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

Pulcini v. State, Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Weber v. Weber, Florida 2d District Court of Appeal

Campbell v. State, Florida 2d District Court of Appeal

Baker v. State, Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

Greenwald v. Greenwald, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

De La Fuente v. Adrian Developers, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

Cambareri v. State, Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

MD Medicare v. Fla. Dept. Fin. Services, Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

Rolle v. Dade County, Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

Guobaitis v. Sherrer, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

USAA Cas. Ins. Co. v. Allen, Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Deren v. State, Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Vigo v. Vigo, Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Collins v. State, Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Cohen v. State, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

Squindo v. Osuna-Squindo, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

Alexander v. State, Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Simon v. Gables Plaza Condo. Ass’n., Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

People v. Ramirez, N.Y. S.Ct. App. Div.

Dadeland Square, Ltd. v. Gould, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

Collazos v. City of West Miami, Florida 3d District Court of Appeal

Branam v. Aqua-Clear Pools, Inc., Florida 3d District Court of Appeal