John H. Morrison

John H. Morrison (born 1933) is a former senior partner of Kirkland & Ellis (retired 1999) and former President of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars. He is married to Barbara Morrison, and has three adult daughters, Marlene Morrison Turvill, Melanie Lanning Sweeney, and Meredith Horton Morrison.

Education
University of New Mexico, BBA 1955 University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar—University College), BA in Jurisprudence 1957, MA 1961 Harvard Law School, JD 1962

Practice
From 1962 until January 1999, John practiced at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago. Prior to his retirement at age 65, John worked in the areas of antitrust and trade regulation (both civil and criminal litigation), product liability and general business litigation. In the late 1990s, John had responsibility for certain loss prevention matters at Kirkland & Ellis, including active supervision of the conflicts of interest procedures.

Since retiring from private practice, John has continued his active arbitration practice which began in about 1968. He has arbitrated 17 significant commercial cases since 1990, mostly under AAA commercial rules (including AAA international rules), some as panel chair and a number as sole arbitrator.

<!-- http://www.adrchambersinternational.com/cvmorrison.htm John H. Morrison, OBE (Hon.) Areas of Practice Currently a dispute resolution neutral, primarily as arbitrator. Previously (until 1999 in private practice) antitrust, trade regulation and general commercial litigation and international matters.

Education University of New Mexico, BBA 1955 University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar - University College), BA in Jurisprudence 1957, MA 1961 Harvard Law School, JD 1962

Dispute Resolution Training regularly since 1994 to fulfill American Arbitration Association requirements for commercial, large complex case and international panels; CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution training annually since 1988; LCIA symposia since 1998.

Called to the Bar Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, 1962 United States District Court (N.D. Ill.), 1962 United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1965 Supreme Court of the United States, 1966

Practice From 1962 until January 1999, John practiced at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago. Prior to his retirement at age 65, John worked in the areas of antitrust and trade regulation (both civil and criminal litigation), product liability and general business litigation. In the late 1990s, John had responsibility for certain loss prevention matters at Kirkland & Ellis, including active supervision of the conflicts of interest procedures.

Since retiring from private practice, John has continued his active arbitration practice which began in about 1968. He has arbitrated 17 significant commercial cases since 1990, mostly under AAA commercial rules (including AAA international rules), some as panel chair and a number as sole arbitrator.

His experience includes cases involving numerous industries such as pharmaceutical, petroleum products, sports equipment, asbestos, pulp and paper, glass containers, automobiles, tires and newspapers. Disputes resolved recently by John as an arbitrator have involved domestic and international contract matters, intellectual property and ownership of technology, computer service agreements, real estate sales and development, sale of goods, requirements contracts and supply contracts, employment agreements and compensation, fee agreements, damage claims, pipeline construction, agency and representation agreements, and transportation contracts.

Professional Activities and Associations John is a member of the American Arbitration Association, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association and ADR Chambers International. He is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations. In the International Bar Association, John has served as co-chairman of the General Professional Programme Committee (1996-2002) and as member of the Council of the Section on Legal Practice (1996-2000; elected as lifetime member in 2000).

John has chaired the continuing legal education committees in the ABA and the IBA. Since 1985 he has served on the ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education.

Other Associations John is president of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars and is active on behalf of Oxford University in various positions. He is a retired U. S. Naval Reserve officer, having served as a regular USN officer during 1957-60. -->