Meet the Team: Patrick C. Morrow

Patrick C. Morrow is the founding Partner of the law firm Morrow, Morrow, Ryan, Bassett & Haik, which was established in 1975, with its main office located in Opelousas, Louisiana. Not only is he a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, indicating he has won million-dollar settlements on behalf of his clients, but he has also been selected for inclusion within Louisiana Super Lawyers® since 2008.

  • Louisiana State University, B.A. in Government, 1969
  • Louisiana State University, J.D., 1972
  • Judge, Pro Tempore, 27th Judicial District Court, 1995
  • Judge, Pro Tempore, 27th Judicial District Court, 1995
  • St. Landry Parish Bar Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 1974)
  • Lafayette Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association (Medical/Legal Inter-professional Committee)
  • American Bar Association
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
  • Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1987 – 2004)
  • Member of the Counsel of Directors for the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member of the Counsel of Directors for the Louisiana Association for Justice (2004-present)
  • Board of Supervisors, Louisiana State University
  • The American Association of Justice
  • The Louisiana City Attorneys Association
  • Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation
  • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
  • Fellow of the John M. Duhe, Jr., American Inn of Court
  • Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
  • Member, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
  • Member, Diversity Law Institute
  • Member, The Trial Law Institute
  • Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • Crowne Parc Development District Advisory Committee
  • Best Attorneys of America, Lifetime Charter Member
  • Selected for inclusion within Louisiana Super Lawyers® by Law & Politics annually since 2008
  • National Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers 2014 to present
  • Acadiana Profile Top Lawyers
  • 2013, Best of the Best, Attorney, St. Landry Parish
  • AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2019
  • Commissioner of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 2005-2011, (Chairman, 2008)
  • Elks Club award of “Citizen of the Year, 2011”
  • Distinguished Citizen Award by Evangeline Area Council of Boy Scouts – 2003
  • Opelousas General Health System Board of Trustees, Member 2011- 2020
  • Hospital Service District No. 2 of St. Landry Parish, Member 2011- 2020
  • National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Nation’s Top Attorneys 2015, 2017 to present
  • 2015 Leaders in Philanthropy Award for St. Landry Parish
  • Member, Top 25 Mass Tort Trial Lawyers 2016-2017
  • 2016 Stalwart Award received by the Louisiana Association for Justice
  • Appointed to the La. Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct – Class Action Committee
  • Lifetime Achievement Membership to America’s Top 100 Attorneys
  • Member, America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys 2021
  • 2017 Top Rated Lawyer in Mass Tort Law
  • America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators since 2017
  • National Association of Distinguished Counsel Nation’s Top One Percent 2015, 2017 to present
  • Member, Lawyers of Distinction 2021
  • Member, Louisiana Association of Christian Lawyers
  • U. S. Supreme Court
  • Louisiana Supreme Court
  • U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
  • U. S. District Courts, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana
  • U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas