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Andrew Morris

Senior Litigation Counsel

Andrew Morris is a Senior Litigation Counsel. Before he joined NCLA, Andy was a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. He has decades of experience litigating complex trial and appellate cases, including a wide range of matters involving securities, administrative, and constitutional law. He has defended many businesses and individuals in matters brought by financial regulators. Andy also served as an Associate Independent Counsel, investigating and prosecuting financial crimes. Andy is Chambers-ranked in securities litigation and has received various recognition in appellate litigation. He has written on a wide range of legal topics for law reviews and other publications. 

Andy earned law degrees from University of Virginia Law School (Order of the Coif) and Oxford University (with honors). He clerked for Judge Max Rosenn on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 

Articles by Andrew

In Case of Emergency, Break Governors’ Overreach

By: Andrew Morris April 1, 2025
COVID-19 | FIve Years Page
When Covid arrived in the United States, all 50 governors declared a state of emergency They shut down schools, offices, stores, churches, and public parks—initially justifying these unprecedented restrictions as the now-familiar “two weeks to flatten the curve.” With few exceptions (e.g., Georgia, Florida) these emergency orders quickly morphed into abuses of power that continued…
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FDA’s cynical attempt to shut the courthouse doors — and the threat it poses to our rights against all federal agencies

By: Andrew Morris February 7, 2025
Blogs
A pending Supreme Court case threatens the right of many citizens’ to challenge agency actions that unlawfully harm them. In Food and Drug Administration v. RJ Reynolds Vapor Co, the Supreme Court will either confirm that right or permit the FDA to shut the courthouse door on many people and businesses harmed by unlawful agency…
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The SEC’s Climate Rule—And Other “Whole of Government” Assaults on Democracy

By: Andrew Morris September 17, 2024
Blogs
The SEC’s Climate Rule—And Other “Whole of Government” Assaults on Democracy The Securities and Exchanges Commission’s new climate-disclosure rule is just one small part of the Biden Administration’s sweeping “whole of government” climate campaign.[1] But the rule provides us a timely reminder of why these campaigns are, by definition, hostile to our constitutional order. The…
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