Christopher R. Morris
Recognized since 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commercial Litigation
Christopher Morris defends financial institutions and firms against consumer and regulatory lawsuits and advises businesses on compliance with federal credit and collection laws. He also defends attorneys, engineers, and other professionals, and represents businesses and individuals in commercial and employment disputes.
Mr. Morris has litigated to trial complex business cases with at-risk amounts in excess of $200 million and has successfully resolved claims involving hundreds of thousands of class members. He appears regularly in courts throughout the Federal Eighth Circuit, and in state courts in Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
Mr. Morris serves as Bassford Remele’s Chief Financial Officer. He also serves as chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Investment Committee and is past chair of the Legislative Committee. Mr. Morris is a past president of the Hennepin County Bar Association.
- E-mail: cmorris@bassford.com
- Direct Phone Number: 612-376-1627
- Lawyer Page: https://www.bassford.com/people/christopher-r-morris
- Fifth Street Towers
100 South 5th Street, Suite 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1254
- University of Minnesota, J.D., cum laude, graduated 1992
- Harvard University, A.B., cum laude, graduated 1989
- Minnesota, 1992
- North Dakota, 2008
- Nebraska, 2017
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1993
- U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, 2000
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 2000
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2013
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1997
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2009
- U.D. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 2003
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, 2003
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2003
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 2007
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2012
- Minnesota - Court of Appeals
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