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Ebony Morris
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Ebony Morris
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Ebony S. Morris, an Attorney in Foley Mansfield’s New Orleans office, regularly handles transportation, mass tort, complex casualty, and talc defense litigation matters. Ebony’s clients, which include educational institutions, Fortune 100 and 500 corporations, insurance companies, small businesses, and individuals, trust her to successfully resolve matters which arise during litigation.
Ebony has extensive experience in fact and expert witness discovery, motion practice, settlement, and mediation. Throughout the course of her career, Ebony has obtained summary judgments and favorable resolutions for her clients in workers compensation, general liability matters, mass tort and product liability, and premise liability matters.
Prior to joining Foley Mansfield, Ebony was a Litigation Associate in the New Orleans office of a regional law firm where she gained additional experience handling all aspects of general litigation matters, from inception to resolution, in a variety of practice areas.
In addition to her practice, Ebony is an active member of several local and national bar associations. She currently serves as an active member of the Defense Research Institute (“DRI”) and serves as the Chair of DRI’s 2025 Diversity for Success Seminar. Ebony is also a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, an invitation-only organization of lawyers who focus their practice on the defense of civil claims and representation of insurers and corporations.
Locally, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, an organization of over 1,100 Louisiana attorneys who are primarily engaged in the defense of civil litigation. In her spare time, she enjoys mentoring younger minority and underrepresented attorneys and serves as a First Assistant Examiner for Constitutional Law for the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions.
Memberships
- Defense Research Institute, Vice Chair of the 2024 Diversity for Success Seminar and Chair of the Women of Color Subcommittee
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- New Orleans Bar Association
- New Orleans Bar Foundation, Director
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Past President (2021-2022)
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Board of Directors
- National Bar Association
- Louisiana Bar Association
- Louisiana Bar Foundation
Education
- Southern University Law Center, 2014, J.D.
- Southeastern Louisiana University, 2011, B.A., Political Science
Awards
- Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star List – 2020 – present
- National Bar Association, 40 Under 40 Honoree, 2024
- New Orleans CityBusiness Woman of the Year Honoree, 2022
- Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2023
- On the Rise Award – American Bar Association, 2023
- Top 40 Young Lawyer, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2023
- New Orleans CityBusiness Woman of the Year Honoree, 2022
- Young Alumna of the Year, Southeastern Louisiana University, 2022
- Rising List – National Association of Women Lawyers, 2021
- Outstanding Young Outside Counsel Award – Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, 2021
- Louis A. Martinet Award – Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, 2021
- Lawyers of Color 2020 Hot List Honoree
- Outstanding Young Woman Lawyer Award – National Bar Association Women Lawyers’ Division, 2020
- President’s Award – Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, 2019
Presentations
- Moderator, Lessons Learned from Diversity-Related Programs in the Legal Profession, DRI, June 2024
- Presenter, What Every Young Lawyer Should Know about Professionalism, MyLawCL, November 2023
- Co-Presenter, How to Improve Your Deposition Skills, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation and Young Lawyer Division, August 15, 2023
- Moderator, Lessons Learned from Diversity-Related Programs in the Legal Profession, Defense Research Institute, Diversity for Success Seminar, June 15, 2023
- Co-Presenter, A Review and Update on Civil Rule 30(b)(6), American Bar Association, Section Annual Conference, April 19, 2023
- Moderator, #NoSanctions: Tips for Effective, Ethical, and Confidential Communications in the Age of Technology and Social Media, American Bar Association, Professional Success Summit, March 29, 2021
- Co-Presenter, How to be Civil in the Profession Even When We Want to Be Angry! (Professionalism), New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators CLE, December 2024
Community Service
- Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions, First Assistant Examiner for Constitutional Law
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Media
- Author, Amended FRE 702 Creates Path for Daubert Challenges in Talc Litigation, American Bar Association Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee, May 23, 2024
- Co-Author, The Attack on DEI: Safeguarding Corporate DEI Initiatives Post-Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision, DRI's In-House Quarterly, November 2023
- Author, Caught on Camera: Failure to Preserve ESI in Employee Swearing Contest Leads to Curative Jury Instruction, American Bar Association’s Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee, July 17, 2023
- Author, Best Practices for Expert Vetting in Asbestos Litigation, American Bar Association’s Mass Tort Litigation Committee, April 1, 2021
- Author, Five Tips for Successful Virtual Mediations, American Bar Association’s Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee, June 23, 2020
- Author, Vetting Experts Properly, Defense Research Institute’s Raising the Bar Publication, 2020
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
- Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana