Jennifer Morton
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Jennifer Morton was licensed to practice law in the State of Tennessee in 1992. She graduated, cum laude, from the University of Tennessee, College of Law. From the beginning of her legal career, Jen has always focused her practice on civil rights and employment law, primarily representing employees. She has maintained an active litigation practice representing her clients in state and federal court jury trials, at mediation, and before administrative tribunals. She is admitted to practice in the Federal District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. She is listed by the Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution as a Rule 31 mediator in the field of general civil mediation, and she is an approved mediator for federal court-annexed mediation.
Jen is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and a founding member of the Tennessee Employment Lawyers Association for which she served two terms as President. She was selected as a mid-south Super Lawyer in the category of "employment litigation: plaintiff" for 2021-2023. In an annual survey of lawyers and judges by City View Magazine, Jen was selected multiple times as a “Knoxville Top Attorney” in the areas of labor and employment law and federal court practice. Jen is a member of the Tennessee and Knoxville Bar Associations, and is Master Emeritus with the Hamilton Burnett Chapter of the American Inns of Court. In 2022, Jen was honored to be selected as a Knoxville Bar Foundation Fellow. In addition to working for over three decades as a litigator in state, federal, and appellate courts, she serves the City of Knoxville as a Beer Board Hearing Officer, she taught “Pretrial Litigation” as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tennessee, College of Law, and has presented programs on employment law and mediation. Early in her career she received an award from the Knoxville Legal Aid Society for accepting the most pro bono cases and has remained dedicated to making justice accessible to people in need. In law school, as a member of the Law Review, she published an article in the Tennessee Law Review about pregnancy discrimination, which sparked her interest in civil rights and employment law. Before moving to Tennessee, Jen earned her B.A., cum laude, from the State University of New York, College at Oswego, where she graduated with a double major in Public Justice and Political Science after studying abroad for two semesters at Brunel University, London, England, in the Department of Government. When not working, Jen enjoys spending time being active in the great outdoors. |
Jennifer Morton
Attorney & Mediator Direct Contact 8217 Pickens Gap Rd Knoxville, TN 37920 jen@jmortonlaw.com telephone: 865-579-0708 fax: 865-579-0787 |