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JOHN MORRISON
ABOUT

JOHN MORRISON

John Morrison is a well known Montana public official, trial attorney and business leader. He is the senior partner of the Helena law firm Morrison Sherwood Wilson & Deola PLLP (www.mswdlaw.com), former State Auditor and Insurance and Securities Commissioner of Montana, and has recently served as chairman, president or director of a number of state and national business and non-profit organizations. An AV rated lawyer, Morrison has handled historic and record setting cases in state and federal court. He was recently named Montana Appellate Lawyer of the Year, is a past President of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association and a long-time member of the Montana Bar Association Ethics Committee.

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ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY

ATTORNEY

John Morrison is well known in Montana as a trial attorney and public leader. While still in his 30s, he received an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, was President of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association, served as Chief Montana Counsel in the Tobacco Case, and represented the New York Times and NBC in the Unabomber case before being elected to public office. John has tried numerous cases to verdict and judgment in the state and federal trial courts and argued many landmark appeals in the Montana Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Using fees from the tobacco case, John co-founded the Safe Kids and Families Fund that has provided thousands of bicycle helmets to low-income children in Montana.

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MONTANA STATE AUDITOR
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MONTANA STATE AUDITOR

Montana State Auditor: As Montana’s State Auditor and Commissioner of Insurance and Securities, Morrison wrote and led creation of Insure Montana and Healthy Montana Kids, health plans that cover tens of thousands of Montanans and have been followed nationally. He banned discretionary clauses in ERISA plans, led creation of a national model and defended the ban successfully in state and federal courts. He also led creation of the captive insurance industry in Montana and the State Land Bank. A leader in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, he chaired two of the four principal NAIC committees: Health Insurance and Managed Care and Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs. Morrison also served as the NAIC’s International Vice-Chairman for Asia, representing U.S. Insurance regulators in China on many occasions. John Morrison has been covered by and/or published in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, The Times (London), Money, Forbes, Smart Money, Consumer Reports, Best’s Review, Montana Living, CNN, Good Morning America and other national publications and broadcasts.

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PRESS
PRESS

PRESS

John Morrison has been covered by and/or published in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, The Times (London), Money, Forbes, Smart Money, Consumer Reports, Best’s Review, Montana Living, CNN, Good Morning America and other national publications and broadcasts.

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