Our Attorneys

Principal Attorney

Steven Morton is a Chicago native. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University, cum laude, in 1980 and his Juris Doctor Degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 1983. He successfully completed his bar exam and was licensed to practice law in the State of California in 1984 and maintains his status as a member of the California Bar. He successfully completed his bar exam and was licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois in 1985. He joined the Law Firm of Robert C. Morton & Associates in 1985 and practiced as an associate for 2 years in a law practice that included Personal Injury, Workman’s Compensation, Bankruptcy, Criminal Law, Real Estate, Divorce and other Family law matters. In 1987 he opened his own law firm focusing on civil litigation and personal injury law. In 20 years of practice, Steven Morton has litigated hundreds of cases and recovered several million dollars on behalf of his clients. He has successfully litigated matters to verdict or settlement in Cook County, DuPage County, Lake County and the Federal Court in the Northern District of Illinois. Steven Morton has successfully litigated complex civil litigation cases involving medical negligence, products liability, general negligence, automobile accidents, birth injuries, pharmaceutical errors, construction injuries, nursing home injuries and wrongful death. Steven Morton is an active member of many prestigious professional associations, including the Illinois Trial Lawyer’s Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Bar Admissions
California 1984 – Present
Illinois 1985 – Present
Northern District of Illinois 1985 – Present

Associate Attorney

(In Memoriam)

Robert C. Morton practiced law in Chicago for over fifty years. He grew up in Hyde Park and attended the University of Chicago Lab School, University, and Law School, earning his Juris Doctor Degree in 1953. Bob began his practice immediately following his graduation, with a focus in personal injury, general family practice, and bankruptcy law. In the 1970’s, Bob opened the first law clinic in the Midwest, and pioneered the practice of legally advertising to the public, following the California ruling of Legal Clinic of Bates & O’Steen v. State Bar of California. To this day, his former clients and their family members remember him fondly, not only for the work he did for them, but for the open door he provided to people from all walks of life. He so loved the people that came to him for advice and support that people would often sit with him and talk about life and subjects unrelated to their cases almost every day. In addition to practicing law, Bob founded and supported for years the non-profit publication of the Longmeadow Journal of Short Stories, which contained children’s fiction, selected from responses to contest submissions to schools and libraries. A lover of Hemingway’s work, he obtained the rights and produced a short film based on Ernest Hemingway’s “A Clean Well Lighted Place.” He also collected stories by Chicago fiction authors and published two editions of the acclaimed book “Chicago Works,” the first with a forward by Scott Turow, and the second with a forward by Mayor Richard M. Daley. For the first Chicago Works, Bob was awarded Chicago Tribune Publisher of the Year.

Education
University of Chicago B.A. 1950
University of Chicago J.D. 1953

Bar Admission
Illinois 1953