Brian Matthew Morris

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American judge (born 1963)

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Brian Matthew Morris (born September 5, 1963) is an American attorney who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana . He is a former justice of the Montana Supreme Court , having been elected in 2004.

Morris successfully retained his position in the 2012 election. He is also a former fullback for the Stanford Cardinal football team.

Early life and education

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Born in Butte, Montana ,

to John and Joan Morris, Brian Morris graduated from Butte Central Catholic High School , where he was an All-State athlete who competed in football , track , and basketball . As a senior in the 1981–1982 academic year , he led the football team to the 1981 state championship game and set school records by rushing 1,640 yards and making 236 carries for 1,732 total yards. In track, he was the 1982 state champion in both intermediate and high hurdles in the high school's first state championship in track.

Earning a scholarship to Stanford University , Morris was a four-year letterman on the Stanford Cardinal football team and was the team's starting fullback in the 1986 Gator Bowl . In the Gator Bowl, Morris made three carries for 12 rushing yards and made 3 receptions for 6 yards. In his junior and senior years, he was honorable mention all-Pacific-10 Conference and first team all-academic Pac-10. With 12 pass receptions against UCLA in 1985, Morris is one of the Cardinal's all-time single-game pass reception leaders. Morris earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in 1987.

As one of only eight students in the United States to earn the NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship, Morris earned his Juris Doctor with distinction from Stanford Law School in 1992.

Career

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After completing law school, Morris was a law clerk to Judge John T. Noonan, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and then to United States Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist .

Morris is the only member of the Montana State Bar to have been a Supreme Court law clerk .

In 1995, he joined the Iran – United States Claims Tribunal at the World Court, The Hague , Netherlands , to be a legal assistant. Returning to Montana, Morris was in private practice in Bozeman from 1995 until 1999. He went on to be a legal officer at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva , Switzerland.

Again returning to Montana in 2001, Morris was the Solicitor of the Department of Justice until Montana voters elected him to the Montana Supreme Court in November 2004.

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