Judy Hamilton Morse

Judy Hamilton Morse is a shareholder and director in the Firm’s Oklahoma City office and serves as chair of the Litigation section for the Firm. As an experienced trial lawyer, Ms. Morse focuses on litigation and trial practice, as well as bankruptcy and creditors’ rights.

Ms. Morse has represented creditors, debtors, committees and trustees in bankruptcy cases in numerous jurisdictions throughout the country. She has served as lead counsel for debtors in chapter 11 reorganization cases for Homeland Stores, Inc., Harold's Stores, Inc., TSG, Inc., Hadson Corporation, Freymiller Trucking, Inc., and Magnolia Gas Company, L.L.C., among others. Recently, Ms. Morse has represented approximately 40 oil and gas producers in the SemCrude bankruptcy pending in Delaware and has represented a public authority in the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers pending in the Southern District of New York.

Ms. Morse was appointed by the Chief Judge to the Admissions and Grievances Committee for the Western District of Oklahoma and presently chairs the Bench and Bar Committee for the Oklahoma County Bar Association and is a member of the Board of Directors. She has received the Oklahoma Bar Association's Professionalism Award in 2008. She is the past President and Trustee of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation, previously served on the Board of Trustees of the American Inns of Court and is a Master of the Bench in the William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court. Ms. Morse dedicates time to civic and philanthropic matters including Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, Leadership Oklahoma City, and the Legal Aid Fund Drive. 

Ms. Morse 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.