Alan L. Morton

Mr. Morton was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with a Political Philosophy emphasis. He is a graduate of the University of Idaho Law School, and he was a Staff Editor for the Idaho Law Review.

Mr. Morton was also formerly of counsel to a firm in Washington, DC with offices in New York City, Texas, California and Miami with particular emphasis in air crash litigation and products liability.

He is admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and all State and Federal Courts in the State of Idaho. Mr. Morton has also been admitted pro hac vice in the States of Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and Texas. His litigation experience includes but is not limited to representing clients in several air crash disasters and accidents involving heavy equipment, cranes, tires and wheels, bicycles, motorcycles, vans, SUV’s and automobiles.

Mr. Morton is a sustaining member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; a current member and former member of the Governing Board of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association; a member of the Lawyers-Pilots Bar Association, the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association; and he is a Past Chairman of the Litigation Section of the Idaho State Bar Association. He is also a lecturer and author of various articles and publications regarding trial practice and procedure.

His extensive litigation experience includes, but is not limited to the following:
The air crash disaster of Continental Flight 1713 (DC 9) at Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado of November 15, 1987 (MDL 751); The air crash disaster of United Airlines Flight 232 (DC 10) at Sioux City, IA of July 19, 1989 (MDL 817); The air crash disaster of Northwest Airliner (DC 9) at Wayne International Airport, Detroit, MI of December 3, 1990 (MDL 891); The air crash disaster of Lan Chile Charter Flight at Puerto Williams, Chile on February 20, 1991); The air crash disaster of Valujet Flight 592 at the Everglades, Florida of May 11, 1996; Litigation versus Foodmaker, Inc. doing business as "Jack N Box" for personal injuries allegedly arising from exposure to E coli caused by eating undercooked hamburger; Litigation versus Volkswagen, A.G., et al. for the wrongful death and decapitation of a 1 yr old allegedly arising from the deployment of a passenger side air bag; Litigation versus Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., General Motors Corp. and Kelsey Hayes for personal injuries and product liability arising from the mismatch of a 16" tire to a 16.5" wheel; Litigation versus AT&T Technologies, Inc., et al. for personal injuries allegedly arising from the exposure to low levels of electromagnetic radiation; and hundreds of other accidents including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, slip and falls and dog bites, respectively.