Ryan W. Morris
Associate
Corporate
Lancaster, PA
Phone: 717-391-4423
Fax: 717-391-1985
rmorris@postschell.com
Represents corporate clients and independent entrepreneurs on a wide range of complex business and corporate law matters.
Bio
Ryan W. Morris is an Associate in the firm's Corporate Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of business and corporate law, with an emphasis on assisting clients with matters related to entity formation and governance, regulatory compliance, corporate transactions, and general business counseling. As part of his practice, Mr. Morris routinely reviews, drafts and negotiates complex commercial contracts and agreements, and advises businesses on long-term strategies for the development and protection of their intellectual property and branding through the use of copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Mr. Morris's clients include both public and privately-held for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations of varying sizes, with operations spanning multiple industries, including health care, banking and financial services, retail and hospitality, manufacturing, construction, transportation, consulting, and professional services.
Prior to joining Post & Schell, PC, Mr. Morris worked at the Lancaster office of a large, regional law firm where he practiced in corporate, business, nonprofit and employment law. Before working in private practice, Mr. Morris served as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, where he assisted low-income artists and arts and cultural organizations in securing pro bono legal services on a broad array of issues ranging from nonprofit and small business formation and governance, registration and enforcement of copyrights, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property, and general contract review. He also served as a Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable Nina Wright Padilla in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, drafting legal memoranda and opinions on a variety of issues in complex commercial and civil litigation and class action cases.
Education
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J.D., Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 2016
Temple Law Faculty Scholarship; Robert E. Lamberton Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law; Dean’s List; Temple Law Review; Business Law Society; IP Law Society - B.A. in Political Science, University of Connecticut, 2012
Bar Memberships
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Affiliations
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Lancaster Bar Association
- Lancaster Young Professionals
Clerkships
- Honorable Nina Wright Padilla, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
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Education
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J.D., Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 2016
Temple Law Faculty Scholarship; Robert E. Lamberton Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law; Dean’s List; Temple Law Review; Business Law Society; IP Law Society - B.A. in Political Science, University of Connecticut, 2012
Bar Memberships
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Affiliations
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Lancaster Bar Association
- Lancaster Young Professionals
Clerkships
- Honorable Nina Wright Padilla, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas