Neil A. Morris Special/Labor Counsel for Bensalem Township (1987 - PRESENT)
NEIL ALAN MORRIS, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado.
Education: Temple University (B.A., cum laude, 1975; J.D., 1979).
Appointed Positions: Special/Labor Counsel for Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania from 1987 to present; Bensalem Rescue Squad, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; County of Bucks, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; New Britain Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Northampton Township Municipal Authority, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Valley Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; West Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; and Towamencin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Special Counsel: Fight To Learn for Underprivileged Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Appointments: Judge Pro Tempore and Settlement Master, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, 1995 to present; Master, Temple American Inn of Court (Temple Chapter).
Member: Philadelphia, Bucks County (federal courts and Merit Selection Committees), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Inn of Court (Temple Chapter); American Arbitration Association; Lawyers Club of Philadelphia; Temple Alumni Law Association; Million Dollar Advocates Forum; and Industrial Relations Research Association, Philadelphia Chapter; Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Associations; Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors; Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities; Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs; Community Associations Institute.
Awards: Named one of the Pennsylvania "Super Lawyers" in Labor and Employment Law for 2004 - 2007, Philadelphia Magazine. In 2005 and 2006, Morris has been a faculty panelist for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute ("PBI") as a lecturer for Continuing Legal Education at the program entitled, "Evidence For Employment Lawyers" as well as the Bucks County Bar Association. He also co-authored an article, "Steering Clear of Employment Lawsuits", Pennsylvania Borough News Magazine, March 2004 issue.
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Business Litigation; Business Contracts; Personal Injury; Employment Discrimination; National Trial Practice, with cases tried in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi and West Virginia.
Contact
- Email: webadmin@bensalem-township.org
- Website: Neil A. Morris Associates, P.C