Allen L. Morris

Allen L. Morris

Member

Jeffersonville, IN

Phone: 812-218-1702 Fax: 502-779-9830

Email: amorris@stites.com

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Education

  • University of Louisville School of Law

    J.D. 1978

    Dean's List

  • University of Louisville

    B.A. 1971

    Political Science

    Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary); Dean's List

  • Florida College

    A.A. 1968

    Prelaw

Admissions

  • Indiana

  • Kentucky

Service Areas

  • Bankruptcy
  • Land Use & Zoning
  • Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy
  • Creditors' Rights, Out-of-Court Workouts & Commercial Litigation

Industry Experience

  • Banking / Financial Services
  • Financing
  • Government

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association
  • Indiana Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Clark County Bar Association
  • Louisville Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section

Community Involvement

  • Clarksville Church of Christ, Secretary and Elder
  • Dollars for Scholars
  • Borden Lions Club

Allen Morris is partner in charge of the firm's Jeffersonville office. As a bankruptcy and creditors' rights attorney, he has recovered assets and counseled on real estate foreclosure, replevin and collection. He has experience in state and federal courts.

His other practice focus is the public sector. This includes zoning law and practicing before local planning commissions and land-use boards of appeal.

Recent Assignments

  • Participated in and directed multi-million dollar collection and foreclosure actions in both Indiana and Kentucky
  • Represented banks in several large, commercial foreclosure actions and bankruptcies
  • Saved the Borden Tri-County Regional Water District approximately $250,000 in bond payments

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

  • Spoke to Louisville Bar Association regarding bankruptcy and domestic relations
  • Spoke to First Harrison Bank concerning Indiana's new foreclosure laws
  • Presented Seminar on Judgment Enforcement in Kentucky for Lorman Education Services, April, 2004

Before Stites & Harbison

Mr. Morris served as the City Attorney for the City of Jeffersonville and attorney for the Jeffersonville Flood Control District. Before that he was engaged in a large collection practice. He was commissioned in the United States Navy in 1972 and served as a Supply Corps Officer on the USS Independence CV 62 until May 1975.

More than Stites & Harbison

Allen serves as the secretary of the Clarksville Church of Christ, where he also is an Elder. He served as a board member of the Dollars for Scholars and is Town Attorney for the Town of Borden and the Borden Tri-County Water District. He also served a four-year term as an elected member of the West Clark Community School Board.

Besides Stites & Harbison

He enjoys University of Louisville basketball, travel, and hunting and target shooting.