Morgan Adams

Morgan Adams

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Awarded Practice Areas
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Morgan Adams
Morgan Adams
Seattle, WA
Works at
Seattle Truck Law PLLC

1 Best Lawyers award

Seattle Truck Law PLLC logo

Biography

Morgan Adams is a trial lawyer with Seattle Truck Law PLLC in Seattle, Washington, focusing on Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs involving truck and bus accidents. He represents individuals and families in commercial motor vehicle injury and wrongful death cases throughout Washington and across the United States. Morgan is Board Certified in Truck Accident Law and Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA).

Morgan is the first President of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and previously served as Chair of the American Association for Justice’s Trucking Litigation Group, Bus Litigation Group, and Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group. His practice includes litigation involving commercial trucking companies, passenger buses, catastrophic injuries, and traumatic brain injuries.

Over the course of his career, Morgan has worked on truck and bus accident cases in 47 states. He has contributed to legal publications and educational materials on trucking litigation and personal injury law, including chapters in West Publishing’s Handling Motor Vehicle Cases, ABA’s Truck Accident Litigation, and Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit. Trial Guides has also published his educational video programs, including Advanced Demand Letters: Trucking, What’s Your 20: Navigating the Complex Web of Commercial Trucking Cases, and Stop Defense Obstruction: Dealing with Written Discovery and Protective Order Abuse.

Works at
Seattle Truck Law PLLC

1 Best Lawyers award

Seattle Truck Law PLLC logo

Locations

Education

  • Bowdoin College, BA, graduated 1985
  • Georgia State University, J.D., graduated 1989

Bar Admissions

  • Washington, Washington State Bar Association, 2016
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia, 1989
  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association, 1989
  • South Dakota, State Bar of South Dakota, 2025

Court Admissions

  • Washington Supreme Court
  • Western District of Washington, Federal Court
  • Eastern District of Washington, Federal Court
  • United States Supreme Court
  • 6th Circuit
  • 9th Circuit
  • 11th Circuit
  • Tennessee Supreme Court
  • Georgia Supreme Court
  • South Dakota Supreme Court

Affiliations

  • TOAS Injury Lawyers -  Member
  • Tennessee Bar Association - Member (1989-present)
  • State Bar of Georgia - Member (1989-present)
  • Chattanooga Trial Lawyers Association - President (2002-2003)
  • AAJ Interstate Trucking Litigation Group - Chairman (2009-2010)
  • American Association for Justice - Board of Governors (2009-2011)
  • The Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys - Board Member (2015-present)
  • Southern Trial Lawyers Association - Board of Governors (2010-present)
  • American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group - Vice-Chair (2017-present) Board Member (2011-present) and Treasurer (2015-2016)

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 for work in:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Special Focus:
  • Trucking
Awards:
  • Top 10 Truck Accident Attorney, National Trial Lawyers, multiple years

  • Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association for Justice, Tuck Litigation Group

  • Education Excellence and Mentor Award, American Association for Justice, Truck Litigation Group, “For outstanding and tireless public service educating and assisting lawyers who represent victims of unsafe truck operators.”

  • Champion, American Association of Justice, Master of Trial Law, National College of Advocacy (fewer than 30 lawyers in the United States had this distinction at the time of recognition)

  • Diplomate, American Association for Justice (fewer than 200 lawyers in the United States had this distinction at the time of recognition)

  • SuperLawyer, Washington

  • SuperLawyer, MidSouth

  • Top 100 SuperLawyer, State of Tennessee, multiple years.

  • Wiedemann & Wysocki Award, American Association for Justice

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