Morgan & Morgan

Morgan & Morgan is an American personal injury law firm headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The law firm was founded in 1988 by John Morgan.

Morgan & Morgan
HeadquartersOrlando, Florida
Date founded1988
FounderJohn Morgan
Websitewww.forthepeople.com

Morgan & Morgan bills itself as "America's Largest Injury Law Firm." The firm has over 3,000 employees, including 700 lawyers in 49 states.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] In November 2016, after almost six years with the firm, he was elected to represent Florida's 13th congressional district.[4] 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".[5]

Morgan & Morgan contributed $1.5 million toward a proposed Florida constitutional amendment to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15. Orlando Weekly reported that some employees at Morgan & Morgan made less than $15 per hour. When questioned by Orlando Weekly, 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 an hour is equal to roughly $31,200 a year), and told a reporter "I bet you don't make $25,000 a year."[6]

John Morgan flew Joe Biden's younger brother, Frank Biden, to Joe Biden's inauguration in his private jet. Morgan said he talked to Frank Biden about job opportunities at Morgan & Morgan.[7]

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.[8][9]

References
  1. Kennedy Wynne, Sharon (October 21, 2021). "5 questions for John Morgan on law firm's jingle contest". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. "50 Most Powerful People – John Morgan". Orlando Magazine.
  3. Matt Dixon, Charlie Crist: Touted as attorney for Morgan & Morgan, but hasn't been in court, Naples Daily News (July 21, 2014).
  4. "New Member: Democrat Charlie Crist Elected in Florida's 13th District". Roll Call. November 9, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  5. Slager, Brad. "Is Morgan & Morgan Trying to Memory-Hole Charlie Crist?". Sunshine State News. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  6. Wolf, Colin (November 2, 2017). "John Morgan is pushing for a $15 minimum wage in Florida, but some employees at his companies make less". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. Korecki, Natasha (January 28, 2021). "'For Christ's sake, watch yourself': Biden warns family over business dealings". POLITICO. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. Wolf, Colin (May 27, 2021). "John Morgan's marketing department argued over a nationwide dick joke. Half of them were later fired". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. Varn, Kathryn (October 7, 2021). "St. Petersburg billboards battle over whether bigger is better". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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