Meet your new Board of Governors: Jeremiah J. Morgan, District 4
Jeremiah J. Morgan was recently elected to represent District 4 (Cole County) on The Missouri Bar Board of Governors. The board is comprised of 45 lawyers elected by their peers to represent their respective geographical areas.
Morgan is a deputy attorney general with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office focusing on civil trials and appeals. He graduated from Brigham Young University School of Law.
Morgan answered the following questions to help constituents get to know him.
What made you interested in serving on the Board of Governors?
“I have long been involved in the bar, bar activities, and other legal organizations and felt like we needed the interests and concerns of the Attorney General’s Office and government lawyers, along with others, represented on the Board of Governors.”
What part of being on the board are you most excited about?
“I am especially interested in policy considerations on how to best help lawyers reach their potential and make legal services more accessible to Missourians.”
What do you want the lawyers you represent to know?
“I am always available to talk. My hope is that lawyers in the district will call, email, or visit with me. I am happy to go to breakfast, lunch, or meet anytime.”
What do you value most about The Missouri Bar and its mission?
“The bar provides a wide variety of ways that lawyers can get involved in the practice, the legal profession, and in helping their communities. I really appreciate that the bar works to make those opportunities available.”
Why did you want to become a lawyer?
“I felt like becoming a lawyer opened lots of opportunities and options for me. Those include work as a lawyer, work in business, work in education, work in government, and work in the political arena, and in many other aspects of our society.”
Is there anything else you would like members of the bar to know about you?
“There is so much good about being a lawyer, and I am genuinely optimistic about life and the future!”
Learn more about the Board of Governors here.