About Mike

For over thirty-five years J. Michael Morgan has represented numerous clients in trials, appeals, mediations and arbitrations in most types of civil litigation. Mike received a Bachelor of Science degree from Seattle University in 1980.  After working in the medical technical field in Washington, Oregon, California and Saudi Arabia, in 1989 he received his Juris Doctorate degree from Seattle University.  Thereafter, he worked in private litigation practice in Olympia, Washington for over ten years.  From 1999 until 2005 he worked as in-house trial counsel with Safeco Insurance Company, where he defended Safeco insureds in personal injury, wrongful death, construction defect, landslide, pharmacy malpractice, dental malpractice, product liability and trespass/property damage cases, trying cases all over the State.  During this time, Mike also gained valuable experience in complex insurance coverage and bad faith litigation.   

In 2006 Mike founded J. Michael Morgan PLLC, focusing on trial, appellate and dispute resolution practice in complex trust and estate litigation, commercial, real estate and nearly every type of tort litigation.   

Mike is licensed in all Washington State Courts, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, and the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has served for many years on the Thurston County Superior Court Panel of Arbitrators, and is locally recognized as a personable and effective mediator, arbitrator and court-appointed fiduciary in trust and estate cases.