Thaddeus E. Morgan

Senior Counsel

tmorgan@clarkhill.com

Lansing
+1 517.318.3033

Thaddeus E. Morgan has more than 30 years of litigation experience in both state and federal courts in a wide variety of areas, including commercial and business disputes, employment and shareholder litigation, construction, health care, real estate, insurance, and intellectual property.

Practice Areas

Litigation

Education

J.D., University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1992

B.A., cum laude, Albion College, Albion, Michigan, 1989

American University, Washington DC, 1988

Recognitions

Achieved an AV© peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Selected as a member of Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Hall of Fame Class of 2025”
Selected as a “Michigan Go To Lawyer” in 2025 and 2023 for Construction Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Selected as 2022 and 2015 ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in Lansing, by Best Lawyers for Construction Litigation
Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers for Business Litigation (2007-2024)
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation and Construction Litigation in Lansing 2025; first listed in 2013
Selected as a ‘2025 Leading Michigan Lawyer’ by Leading Lawyers for Commercial Litigation and Construction Law; first named in 2014
Webster Scholar, Rammelkamp History Award, Albion College

Memberships

State Bar of Michigan
- Negligence Section
- Litigation Section
- Civil Procedure and Court Committee
- United States Courts Committee, former Chairman(2023-2024)
- Litigation Council
Master of the Bench, Counselor, American Inns of Court, MSU Law School Chapter
Ingham County Bar Association/ Ingham County Bar Association Foundation Member
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel/ Chair Law Practice Management Section
Federal Bar Association
East Lansing Rotary Club
Council of Elders, Clerk, Peoples Church, East Lansing
Michigan Colleges Foundation, former Lansing Campaign Co-Chair
City of East Lansing, Parks and Recreation Commission, (former Chair and Vice-Chair)
City of East Lansing, Hannah Center Marketing & Operations Task Force, Chairman
Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Michigan Capital Region, Board of Directors
SCG Legal
- Chairman, SCG Legal (2020)
- Board Member
President, Fraser Trebilcock (2010-2013, 2023-2025)
Member, Advisory Council for the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Leadership in Public Policy and Service, Albion College
Former Litigation Department Chair, Fraser Trebilcock

State Bar Licenses

Michigan

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Michigan

U.S. District Ct., W.D. of Michigan

U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Wisconsin

U.S. District Ct., W.D. of Wisconsin

U.S. District Ct., N.D. of Indiana

U.S. Supreme Court

Speaking Engagements

WD Mich Federal Judicial Merit Selection Panel 2022

Publications and Articles

Case and Comment Editor, University of Detroit Law Review, Vol. 69
“December 2014 Federal Rules Amendments,” Michigan Bar Journal (November 2014)
Majestic Golf, LLC v. Lake Walden Country Club, Inc., 297 Mich. App. 305; 823 N.W.2d 610 (2012)
“Federal Court Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011,” Michigan Bar Journal (May 2012)
“2010 Amendments to the Federal Rules,” Michigan Bar Journal (November 2010)
Glover v. Nationwide Muts Ins. Co., 676 F.Supp.2d 602 (W.D. Mich. 2009)
“Federal Civil Rules 2009 Amendments”, Michigan Bar Journal (December 2009)
“Insurance Coverage for Pollution Related Claims”, Greater Lansing Business Monthly (April 2002)
Continental Casualty Co. v Taco Bell, 127 F.Supp 2d 864 (W.D. Mich. 2001)
Travelers Ins. Co. v Auto-Owners Ins. Co., 971F. Supp. 298 (W.D. Mich. 1997)