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Morgan & Morgan is an American law firm. Founded in 1988 by John Morgan, it is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. While Morgan & Morgan was historically considered a firm focused on personal injury, medical malpractice and class action lawsuits, it also expanded practices to other areas of legal services. The firm has offices in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., and employs over 1,000 attorneys.[2][3]
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The law firm was established in Orlando, Florida, in 1988 by John Morgan and his partners Stewart Colling and Ron Gilbert.[6]
In 1989, the law firm began advertising on television and radio.[7] In 2005, Morgan bought out his partners' share of the company and renamed the firm "Morgan & Morgan", adding his wife Ultima as partner.[8] The Orlando Sentinel cited a "fundamental difference over growth and expansion of the law firm" as the reason for the firm's break up.[9]
By the early 2000s, the firm had expanded throughout Florida with 420 employees. In 2013, the firm had 260 attorneys among 1,800 staffers in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Manhattan.[6][7]
In January 2011, Charlie Crist joined the Tampa office of Morgan & Morgan after expressing an interest in returning to the legal field during his final week in office as governor of Florida. Crist worked primarily in the firm's class-action sector as a complex-litigation attorney, serving as a "rainmaker" for the firm.[10] In November 2016, after almost six years with the firm, he was elected to represent Florida's 13th congressional district.[11] In February 2018, Brad Slager of Sunshine State News cited evidence that Morgan & Morgan was "attempting to purge all evidence" of its relationship with Crist now that he was a "rookie congressman" with "little-to-no power".[12]
In 2018, the firm received over two million phone calls and signed up 500 new cases each day. That year, the firm collected $1.5 billion in settlements and spent $130 million nationwide on advertising. John Morgan was one of the first lawyers to advertise in phone books and television commercials.[8]
In 2021, Morgan fired half of his firm's marketing department. The staffing purge came in the wake of a controversial Morgan & Morgan national advertising campaign, "Size Matters", which was meant to convey the large scale of the firm, but was criticized as an inappropriate dick joke. The staffers who were fired had criticized the ad campaign's phallic implications.[13][14]
As of 2025, the law firm had over 3,000 employees, including 1,000 lawyers[3] in 50 states and Washington, D.C.[4][5][1]
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Morgan & Morgan filed a class action lawsuit regarding the Equifax data breach that occurred in 2017.[15][16]
In 2018, a class-action lawsuit was initiated against Exactis by law firms Morgan & Morgan, DiCello Levitt & Casey, and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, following a data breach that allegedly impacted approximately 230 million Americans and 110 million businesses.[17][18]
After Morgan & Morgan filed a lawsuit, Florida-based Healogics Inc. agreed to pay $22.51 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it knowingly billed Medicare for unnecessary services for its patients. The case was settled in 2018.[19][20][21]
Morgan & Morgan represented several victims of the Sand Blaster roller coaster crash that occurred on June 15, 2018, on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk, when the roller coaster derailed.[22][23][24]
Morgan & Morgan was among the law firms acting on behalf of the plaintiffs in the 2015 California gas leak case.[25]
The case Bethenny Frankel vs TikTok Inc was filed on October 6, 2022, with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York[26][27] after Frankel learned that "her images and video content were being used to sell counterfeit products". The basis for the lawsuit was the technology of TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, that allowed users to create fake images and videos where Bethenny Frankel appeared promoting various goods and services in violation of Frankel's right of publicity.[28][29]
Subsequent to a mass shooting incident at Walmart Supercenter in Virginia, aggrieved employees brought forth two lawsuits against the retail corporation, each seeking $50 million in damages. The lawsuit was filed by Morgan & Morgan.[30][31]
Morgan & Morgan filed a lawsuit regarding the 2023 Ohio train derailment.[32][33]
In December 2024, Morgan & Morgan initiated a lawsuit on behalf of 18-year-old Bryce Martinez from Pennsylvania, alleging that eleven major food manufacturers, such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé, had caused his Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease through the promotion of addictive ultra-processed foods.[34] The case, filed in Philadelphia, claims the companies intentionally created harmful products without adequate health warnings.[35]
Morgan & Morgan took legal action in December 2024 on behalf of women who have accused Oren and Alon Alexander, twin brothers once prominent in the luxury real estate market, of sexual assault. The brothers, alongside their older sibling Tal, were arrested in Miami, facing charges of sexual battery and sex trafficking.[36]
In February 2025, Morgan & Morgan filed a lawsuit against Galaxy Gas on behalf of the family of Margaret Caldwell, a woman who died after inhaling nitrous oxide from one of the company’s products.[37] The lawsuit alleges negligence, failure to provide adequate warnings, and violations of safety regulations, demanding that sales of the product be stopped and seeking compensation for the victim's family.[38]
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Political involvement
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2016 Florida Amendment 2 was a political and legal campaign to allow use of medical marijuana. In 2013, Morgan & Morgan launched the initiative to change the Florida Constitution to allow marijuana for medical purposes. The firm spent over $15 million to support the change and organized United for Care campaign to promote the "yes" vote.[39][40][41][42]
John Morgan donated to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.[43] Morgan gave $355,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in August 2020.[44] Morgan is close to Joe Biden's younger brother, Frank Biden, flew him to Joe Biden's inauguration in his private jet and said he talked to him about job opportunities at Morgan & Morgan.[44]
In 2017, Morgan & Morgan contributed $1.5 million toward a proposed Florida constitutional amendment to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15. When Orlando Weekly reported that some employees at Morgan & Morgan made less than $15 per hour, Morgan said, "I can tell what angle you're getting at with this story, and it's bullshit," saying that many of his call center employees start out with a $25,000 annual salary (an hourly wage of $15/hour is equal to roughly $31,200 a year), and told a reporter, "I bet you don't make $25,000 a year."[45]
2020 Florida Amendment 2 was an initiative to amend constitution of Florida to change the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour. The amendment passed on November 3, 2020 by a statewide referendum. Morgan & Morgan donated $1 million to support the amendment.[46][47][48][49]
Incident in Wyoming involving AI-generated case citations
In February 2025, three attorneys from Morgan & Morgan's Wyoming office were sanctioned by the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming after submitting a court motion that contained eight non-existent legal cases generated by artificial intelligence (AI).[50] The primary attorney responsible, Rudwin Ayala, acknowledged improperly relying on an AI tool that produced fabricated case citations.[51] Ayala was fined $3,000 and had his pro hac vice admission revoked, while supervising attorneys T. Michael Morgan and Taly Goody each received $1,000 fines for failing to adequately verify the filing.[52]
Following the judge's decision, Morgan & Morgan withdrew the problematic motion, reimbursed opposing counsel’s legal fees, and implemented firm-wide corrective measures, including additional attorney training on AI use, stricter verification protocols for AI-generated content, and an explicit requirement for independent citation checks.[53] The court declined to sanction the firm itself, citing these prompt remedial actions as mitigating factors.[50]
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Other ventures
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Community involvement
In 2013, Morgan & Morgan contributed $2 million to fund the Morgan & Morgan Hunger Relief Center, a 100,000-square-foot facility operated by Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.[54]
The firm was instrumental in establishing Boys Town Orlando in 1985, a facility supporting at-risk youth, and was involved in fundraising for Annunciation Catholic Academy in Altamonte Springs.[55] Other charity activities include contributions to homeless outreach programs and educational institutions, notably $1 million each to the University of Florida's law school and Community Resource Network of Central Florida.[55]
Collaborations
Following the NCAA’s 2021 policy change on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), Morgan & Morgan began signing collegiate athletes to endorsement deals, starting with four University of Kentucky football players in July 2021.[56] In April 2022, the firm became an sponsor of the Boston Red Sox, marking the team’s first sponsorship deal with a law firm.[57] By 2024, the firm had established over 50 athlete endorsement agreements, including with the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Brock Bowers of the Georgia Bulldogs, and University of Southern California basketball players Juju Watkins and Boogie Ellis.[58][59][60]
In March 2025, the firm sponsored actor and racecar driver Frankie Muniz, serving as the primary sponsor of his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series entry for four races in the 2025 season.[61] The following month, WWE named Morgan & Morgan as its official law firm under a multi-year agreement, including branding at WWE events.[62]
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