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Jun. 6, 2025

Straight Shooter

Neutral Margaret Morrow doesn't bully her way to resolution, attorneys say.

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Straight Shooter
Judicate West
Class actions, commercial, insurance, intellectual property, sexual abuse, employment

Retired federal judge Margaret M. Morrow decided she wanted to be an attorney while she was still in elementary school.

"Our teacher had one of the fathers - who was an attorney - come to speak to us about what it was like to be a lawyer, and I found his explanation very compelling, even as a third grader," Morrow said.
"Because what he was talking about was helping people. He said, 'That's what lawyers do. Lawyers help people with probl... (continued)

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