E. Lee Morris
Shareholder
Overview
Lee has a broad range of bankruptcy expertise, having been in practice for over 15 years and represented clients in all phases of reorganization and liquidation including debtors, committees, trustees, lenders, insurers, receivers, major creditors and directors and officers in a number of industries and commercial sectors including real estate, oil and gas, food service, retail, telecommunications and health care. Lee also has a strong litigation background, having served as lead counsel in a number of complex commercial disputes and appeals.
Some of the more notable cases on which Lee has worked include: Avado Brands, Inc., Clark Retail Enterprises, Dow Corning Corporation, Enron Corp., The Heritage Organization, LLC, Medical Select Management, Paul Reinhart, Inc., ProMedCo Management Co., Search Financial Services, Inc., Schlotzsky's, Inc., Texas Rangers Baseball Partners, Tri-City Health Centre and WRT Energy Corporation.
Lee is a frequent speaker on a variety of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues and also regularly serves as part of the faculty for trial advocacy programs sponsored by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). Lee began his legal career with a two year judicial clerkship for The Honorable William Greendyke in Houston, Texas.
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Board of Certification, Business Bankruptcy
- Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section
- Honorable John C. Ford American Inn of Court
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Faculty Member
- State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section
- The College of the State Bar of Texas
- The University of Texas President's Association
- Turnaround Management Association
Awards & Honors
- AV® Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights Super Lawyers — Business Edition and Corporate Counsel Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2009-2010
- Best Business Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2007-2009
- Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Woodward/White, Inc., 2008-2012
- Best Personal Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2009
- Leaders in Their Field, Chambers USA, 2009-2011
- Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2004-2006
- Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2008-2011
Admissions
- Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
Articles & Speeches
- March 2010 — Reorganization Under Chapter 11
- June 13, 2008 — I Need Evidence of What?! Everybody Knows It's True, and Besides, This is Bankruptcy Court
- May 1-2, 2008 — Evidence Issues in Bankruptcy: What to Know Before You Get to the Courthouse Steps
- April 10, 2006 — Headed for the Abyss: Top 10 Things for the Real Estate Practitioner to Know About Bankruptcy
- June 2, 2004 — Getting Exactly What You Bargained For: The Ultimate Down Side of Creative Credit Enhancement Structures in the Face of In Re Senior Living Properties
- October 2001 — Legislative Reforms Affecting Bankruptcy: Congressional Bankruptcy Reform and Revised UCC Article 9
- 2001 — Chapter 11 and Its Alternatives for the Troubled Business Organization: Business and Estate Planning
