L. Chris Stewart
L. Chris Stewart: "Failure Will Never Overtake Me, If My Determination To Succeed Is Strong Enough.”
| L. Chris Stewart |
Overview:
L. Chris Stewart practices in the areas of personal injury, concentrating in auto/trucking collision cases, wrongful death, and premises liability. Prior to joining Morgan & Morgan, Chris worked as an associate for Nix, Graddock & Crumpler. Impressively, within two years Chris received multiple Plaintiffs’ jury verdicts and received over 1.5 million dollars in settlements and verdicts. Chris previously clerked for notable trial attorney, Willie E. Gary, of Stuart, Florida. While working in Florida he participated in a number of million dollar settlements and trials.
Chris earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Xavier University (LA) where he also graduated with honors in English. He earned a Masters of Science in Public Health, with a specialty in Environmental Policy, from Tulane University’s nationally renowned School of Public Health. He went on to obtain his Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law in Washington, DC. While in law school, Chris was Vice-President of the Student Bar Association, President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and he was a member of Howard University School of Law’s Moot Court Trial Advocacy Team, which won the American Bar Association’s National Criminal Justice Trial Competition in 2005. Upon graduation from Howard University School of Law, Chris was rated as one of the best student trial attorneys in the country.
Chris was also selected as the “Outstanding Advocate” for this National Trial Competition, defeating schools such as Harvard, Stanford, and Georgetown. He has been featured in Jet Magazine, Diversity and the Bar Magazine, aol.com, and numerous other publications, and congratulated in the U.S. House of Representatives for their victory. Chris also traveled with famed actor Bill Cosby as a motivational speaker and was featured on ABC’s Nightline and Dateline. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division of the Georgia Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Atlanta Bar Association, and the National Bar Association.
Education:- Xavier University, B.S., 2000
- Tulane University, M.S.P.H., 2001
- Howard University School of Law, J.D., 2005
Member of:
- American Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division of the Georgia Bar Association
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
- Atlanta Bar Association
- National Bar Association