Atty. Aaron Morris

• Aaron Morris is an attorney with more than 35 years of experience
• His primary practice areas include litigation arising from free speech issues (anti-SLAPP, defamation, first amendment), business litigation (breach of contract, trade secret, partnership dissolution, etc.), and appellate work
• His appellate work has resulted in published opinions from the Court of Appeal, creating new precedents that afford greater protections relating to free speech
• In the case of Bell v
• Feibush, the trial court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court all adopted his application of a Penal Code statute to civil fraud actions, allowing defrauded plaintiffs to recover treble damages and attorney fees
• In the case of Pagia v
• Hamilton, he created new precedent regarding the striking of individual allegations with an anti-SLAPP motion
• He is the current President of the California Defamation Lawyers Association, and host of the California SLAPP Law Podcast
• He was an Adjunct Professor at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, California, teaching "Litigation Skills & Strategies" and at National University in Irvine, California, teaching litigation techniques
• Mr. Morris is a writer and lecturer on the subjects of free speech, defamation and anti-SLAPP law, and is the author of California SLAPP Law
• He has been a featured speaker at such functions as the American Bar Association Techshow
• He has appeared on the national television shows "Leeza" and "Frontline
• He is frequently asked to consult other law firms on anti-SLAPP motions and is a frequently retained as an expert to opine on fee applications following anti-SLAPP motions
• Aaron Morris attended Southwestern University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and graduated cum laude in 1987

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

• A prolific writer, Aaron Morris has published numerous articles in legal and computer related publications
• He was the Editor in Chief of Law Office Technology Solutions and a Contributing Editor to Law Office Computing
• His columns have been published in the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times
• He was a columnist for the Orange County Business Journal, Editor in Chief of the Southwestern University Law Review, Reporter, El Independiente (Newspaper), and Editor in Chief, Periodista (Newspaper)
• A small sampling of his published works include: Pipeline (Random Thoughts Publishing)
• To Drug Test or Not To Drug Test - An Employer's Dilemma (Orange County Business Journal)
• What is a SLAPPback Action? (California SLAPP Law)
• "Junk Faxes" - Protected Free Speech? (Orange County Business Journal)
• You Can Now be Sued for Calling the Police (California SLAPP Law)
• Be A Manager, Go To Jail (Orange County Business Journal)
• If I Can't Fire Him, Can I At Least Demote Him? (Orange County Business Journal)
• The Litigation Privilege and Collateral Defamation Actions (California SLAPP Law) Vendors of Real Estate: When Does Liability End? (17 Southwestern University Law Review 1, 23-42)