Morgan Adams
Founding partner Morgan G. Adams established the Chattanooga, Tennessee based Law Offices of Morgan Adams in 1997. He is a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum and routinely presents lectures for other attorneys on the subjects of personal injury, workers’ compensation, and wrongful death. For years, he has been providing his clients with expert legal representation, first as an attorney in the United States Marine Corps and later in private practice. Since leaving active duty with the Marine Corps in 1994, Mr. Adams has focused his practice on personal injury law.
After completing his undergraduate degree at Bowdoin College in Maine, Mr. Adams received his law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law in 1989. He is a graduate of the Naval Justice School in Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. Adams was admitted to the Georgia and Tennessee Bar in 1989 and the District of Columbia Bar the following year. Since that time, he has devoted numerous hours to continuing legal education each year in order to keep his litigation skills and knowledge current. He has presented multiple seminars to the American Association for Justice including: The Use of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations in Tractor Trailer Litigation, July 2006, and Deposing the Trucking Company Safety Director in September of 2006.
Mr. Adams has published and lectured widely on the subject of personal injury. He has taught attorneys in many states, including Washington, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Nevada and Louisiana. Morgan Adams has lectured on various topics as part of the faculty for the National Business Institute, including “Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Tennessee: Strategies in Preparation and Valuation” (1998), “Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Tennessee” (1999), and “Advanced Workers Compensation in Tennessee“ (2004). As a Program Chair for the Tennessee Bar Association, he has also given a “Trial Practice Seminar”'
In addition, Mr. Adams is a member of several preeminent professional organizations for personal injury attorneys including the Melvin Belli Society, an invitation only organization of the best plaintiffs’ lawyers in the U.S., the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association of Justice ( where he serves on the Executive Board of Interstate Trucking Litigation Group) and the Tennessee and Georgia Trial Lawyers Associations. He is a life member of the Tennessee Association for Justice (TAJ) (Formerly the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) and a longtime member of the TAJ Board of Governors. Mr. Adams is a member of the Academy of Trial Advocacy, an invitation only group limited to the top 1,000 plaintiff’s lawyers in the United States. Mr. Adams retired from the United States Marine Corps Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel after 22.5 years of service. His last billet was as the Staff Judge Advocate for the 4th Anti-Terrorism Battalion in Bessemer, Alabama.
Law Offices of
Morgan Adams
The Adams Building
1419 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
T: 423-265-2020
Toll Free: 866-580-4878
