Practice areas: Family Law; view more
Licensed in California since: 1982
Education: Western State University College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2026 Michael A. Morris was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Michael was named Best Family Law Lawyer of the Year - Orange County in 2013 and 2018 by Best Lawyers in America. He has been listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America by Best Lawyers in America Orange County - Family Law since 2007 and by Super Lawyers each year since 2004. Michael is also listed in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers (USA) - 2020.
He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (B.A.) and Western State University (J.D.). He is a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
Michael is a Partner at Minyard Morris and limits his practice to Orange County Family Law matters.
Practice areas
Family LawFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Paternity
- 100% Family Law
First Admitted: 1982, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.minyardmorris.com/attorney/michael-a-morris/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Human Options whose mission it is to break the cycle of domestic violence, Board of Directors
- Southern California Section of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Past President, 2012 - 2013
- AAML Board of Directors, 2007 - 2012
- Orange County Bar Association, Member
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow
- State Bar of California
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Family Law Spring Retreat, Co-Chair
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Certified Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
Pro bono / Community Service
- Monthly Human Options Family Law Clinic
- Society of Fellows of the Orange County Bar Foundation, Founding Fellow
Educational Background
- University of California, B.A.
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Ethical Issues Involving Minor’s Counsel in Family Law, published in the O.C. Lawyer, Co-authored
- Family Law for Social Workers, Counsellors and Other Helping Professionals
- Family Law Issues for Public Law Center, Orange County
- Recent Developments in California Family Law, California Education of the Bar
- Child Custody and Visitation in California Family Law
- “Me and My Shadow (Partner and Associates)”, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Continuing Education courses on Fundamentals of Family Law
- "Permanent Spousal Support...the Price of Love" Sponsored by the ACFLS, Panelist, The Co-Panelists were Commissioner David Weinberg (Ret.), Andrew Hunt, CPA & Saul Gelbart, Esq
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fourteenth Annual Institute of Family Law Trial Advocacy, Co-dean
- As Family Court Judges See It: Top Mistakes Attorneys Make In Litigation Divorce" Seminar, Orange and Los Angeles County judges, Panel
- ACFLS Trial Tech: Trial Technique Training Workshop at Whittier Law School, 2018
- AAML Trial Advocacy Institute, "In the Boardroom," on Executive Compensation, Co-Dean, 2019
Honors
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers (USA), 2020
- Super Lawyer, Orange County Family Law, 2004
- Best Lawyers in America, "Orange County Family Lawyer of the Year" 2013 & 2018
- Best Lawyers, Orange County Family Law, 2007
- AVVO Rated 10 out of 10 (Superb), Orange County Family Law
- AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale.com
- OneOC Spirit of Volunteerism Award, 2018
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2026
