Judy Hamilton Morse
Judy Hamilton Morse is a director in the firm’s Oklahoma City office and a member of the Litigation & Trial Practice Group. An experienced trial lawyer, Judy focuses on litigation and trial practice, as well as bankruptcy and creditors’ rights.
Judy is admitted to practice in all state courts in Oklahoma, as well as the United States District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma, the Northern District of Texas, the District of Colorado, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Judy serves as a member of both the Litigation Counsel of America and the International Defense Counsel Association. In 2016, she was selected by University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2016 to the Order of the Owl and elected as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy Attorneys.
Additionally, Judy has been listed for more than 20 years in Best Lawyers and is recognized in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Franchise Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law.* Judy was named 2017 Oklahoma City Lawyer of the Year in the area of Litigation – Banking and Finance.* She was also named 2014 and 2021 Oklahoma City Franchise Law Lawyer of the Year and 2010 Oklahoma City Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers.* In 2016, Judy was named one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation, in addition to one of Oklahoma’s Top 50 Lawyers in 2006 and one of the Top 150 Women in Litigation by Benchmark Plaintiff in 2013.* She has been listed as one of Oklahoma’s Top 25 Female Lawyers for the past seven years and is also recognized in Business Litigation by Super Lawyers and Chambers USA.*
Judy received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oklahoma. She continued her education at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she received her Juris Doctor. She graduated with honors, and was a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa. She was editor-in-chief of the Oklahoma Law Review, and was awarded the Nathan Scarritt Prize for the highest law school grade point average. Judy currently serves as a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
