Louisiana business and insurance law attorney, Jennifer Treadway Morris, has served construction industry businesses, self-insured employers, entrepreneurs and small business clients throughout Louisiana from Greater Baton Rouge to Greater New Orleans and the North Shore since her admission to the Louisiana Bar in 1994.

Ms. Morris is a former assistant professor of Professional Practice at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University. Ms. Morris also served as a Judicial Research Attorney for the Honorable Vanessa Whipple, Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal. 

Prior to teaching, Ms. Morris litigated with a Baton Rouge law firm, where she concentrated in the areas of insurance and business law, medical malpractice defense, insurance defense, and workers' compensation defense litigation.  She served as a consultant for the revision of Group Self Insurance Fund laws and regulations.  She also obtained USL&H licenses for several Group SIFs and was lead counsel for several Group SIFs on appeals of Insurance Department compliance audits.           

During law school, she was a Dean Hebert Scholarship recipient, Chancellor's List member, Co-chairman of the Flory Trial Competition, Student Bar Association representative, and received the American Jurisprudence Award for UCC Security Devices. Following law school, she obtained financial (Series 7 and Series 66) licenses and Louisiana life, health, and accident insurance licenses.

Her practice now concentrates in providing comprehensive business and legal advice to the business entreprenuer on everything from contract preparation, business succession planning, asset protection, licensing, business formation, mergers and acquisitions to tax minimizing strategies and employee relations.

Additionally, she is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts.  She is a regular volunteer judge at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University.

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Self-Insurance & Self-Insured Entities
• Insurance Law & Insurance Defense
• Legal & Regulatory Compliance
• Business Organization & Incorporation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Franchising
• Contracts & Contract Disputes
• Bad Faith Insurance Claims Defense
• Real Estate Law
• Land Use & Zoning
• Construction Law
• Internet - Cyberspace
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Commercial/Industrial Real Estate Development Law
• Construction Arbitration & Mediation
• Historic Landmarks & Preservation
• Wet Lands Law
• Conservation Easements
• Estate Planning
• Succession & Probate Disputes

Education

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1994
  J.D., Juris Doctor
  Honors: Chancellors List
  Honors: Dean Hebert Scholarship
  Honors: Student Bar Association - Class Representative
  Honors: Co-Chairman Flory Trial Competition
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award - UCC Security Devices
  
  
• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1990
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: Business Administration/ Finance
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Cover The Uninsured (May 2008), Louisiana Department of Insurance & Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
• Balance Work Life and Family Responsibilities (Feb 2007), The Baton Rouge Association of Women Attorneys
• 5th Annual Workers' Compensation Executive Forum, Self Insurance Institute of America, May 2003
• Appelate Advocacy, LSU Law Center, 1998 - 2002
• Legal Research & Writing, LSU Law Center, 1998 - 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Self Insurance Institute of America
  Member
  
  
• Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers
  Member
  
  
• Self Insurance Institute of America
  Past Member, Workers' Compensation Committee
  
  
• Louisiana Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Baton Rouge Bar Association
  Member
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• Our Lady of Mercy School - Headroom Mom
• Our Lady of Mercy School - Fair Volunteer
• Our Lady of Mercy School - Grandparents' Day Volunteer
• LSU Law Center - Mock Trial Volunteer
• Southern University Law Center - Orientation Volunteer
• Coloring Corporate - Corporate Boulevard Businesses Association - President, 1996 - 1998
• LSU Law Center - Entering Freshman Orientation, Introduction to Professionalism volunteer
• Forum 35 Volunteer - Board Member, 2008; ArtMob Co-chair, 2007; Viva il Vino Co-chair, 2007 and ArtMelt Committee Member, 2007
• Public Education Project (PEP), Committee member, 2007- Present & PEP Talk Co-Chair 2008
• St. Thomas More School Mission Day Volunteer
• St. Thomas More School Science Fair Volunteer
• Live After Five, Chairman, Volunteer Committee, 2008
• Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge, Board Member, 2009