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Frank R. Morris, Jr.
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fmorris@porterwright.com
p: 614-227-2054 f: 614-227-2100
Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-6194
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Mr. Morris is a member of the Corporate department. He has represented public companies, family-owned businesses, and nonprofit organizations for more than 40 years in various negotiated transactions including mergers and acquisitions and hostile takeovers. He advises individual clients in business transactions and tax and estate planning. His legal experience includes representation of the independent directors of a mutual fund in connection with an SEC inquiry; testifying as an expert witness on matters relating to fiduciary duties of directors and officers; and representation of the State of Ohio following the collapse of the Ohio Savings and Loan Guarantee Fund in 1985-1986. Mr. Morris was also retained by the American Bar Association to advise concerning its incorporation as a nonprofit corporation in 1992. Furthermore, as a former Chair and active member of the corporation law committees of the American and Ohio State Bar Associations, he has participated in drafting many provisions of the Model Business and Nonprofit Corporation Acts and the laws governing Ohio corporations.
Practice Areas
Corporate & Securities
Corporate governance/board & committee counsel
General business
Nonprofit corporations
Estate Planning & Wealth Preservation
Asset protection
Estate & charitable planning
Estate & trust administration
Tax
Business & entity planning
Tax exempt & charitable organizations
Professional Associations
New York Stock Exchange Legal Advisory Committee, former Member
Columbus Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association, Corporation Law Committee, former Chair
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, former Chair
American Bar Association, Committee on Corporate Laws, former Chair
American Bar Association, Committee on Nonprofit Corporations, former Chair
American Bar Association, House of Delegates, former Member
Education
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., with distinction, 1957
Yale University, B.A., 1952
Presentations/Publications/CLE
Various ABA and OSBA programs on business organizations, corporation law and estate planning
The Business Lawyer, former Editor
Community/Civic/Volunteer Work
The Rotary Club of Columbus, former President
The Columbus Academy, former Trustee and President
Trinity Episcopal Church, Endowment Fund Committee, former Chair
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