John Morrison - Helena, MT

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado
    J.D.
    Honors: Best oral advocate
    Honors: Top speaker national trial competition
    Law Review: Denver law review, Associate law review editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Whitman College
    B.A.
  • University of Oxford, Institute of Economic and Political Studies, London, United Kingdom

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• U.S. Department of Labor, Consulting Insurance Expert
• Insurance and Securities Commissioner of Montana, State Auditor, 2001 - 2008

Pro Bono Activities

• Vice Chair, Center for Health Policy Development/National Academy of State Health Policy
• Chairman, Board of Trustees, Senior Health Care Oversight Trust
• President, CASA of Montana
• Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Montana Health CO-OP
• Board of Directors, UMTA Trust Captive

Bar Admissions

• Montana State Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court District of Montana
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs (Founding president)
• Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (Chairman, Board of Directors)
• Presidio Reinsurance Corporation (Board of Directors)
• Montana Trial Lawyers Association (Past President)
• Ethics Committee, Montana Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• Leadership Montana, Inaugural Class
• Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee and Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs Committee, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (Chairman)