Morris M. Shuster

MORRIS M. SHUSTER, Of Counsel, is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and all other Pennsylvania Appellate and trial courts.

Mr. Shuster is a graduate of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S. in Economics, 1951), and of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1954).

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Shuster was an active civil litigator as an associate and partner in a major Philadelphia litigation firm, as a named-partner in his own firm, and as special litigation counsel to a large Philadelphia, full-service firm. Over the last 20 years, he has concentrated his practice in consumer class actions against banks and insurance companies. He has been successful in obtaining multi-million dollar recoveries in these cases.

Mr. Shuster is currently a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he teaches Trial Advocacy. In 1981, he was a full-time faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and taught a course in The Lawyering Process. He also has been a guest lecturer on various legal subjects at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Medical School, and Dental School, and at Drexel University. He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Public Service Program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he developed the mentor/student pro bono project.

Mr. Shuster is a past president of The Philadelphia Trial Lawyers' Association. He was appointed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals as Chairperson of the Bankruptcy Judge Search Committee. He was appointed by the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as Chairperson of a Panel to consider reappointment of a U.S. Magistrate. He was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to the Board of Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security between the years 2004-2007.

In the Philadelphia Bar Association, Mr. Shuster has served as a member of the Board of Governors, Chairperson of the Judicial Commission, Committee on Judicial Selection and Reform, Committee on Civil Legislation/Legislative Liaison, and Committee on Civil Judicial Procedure (state courts). He is listed in Who's Who in American Law.

In June 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, Law & Politics and the publishers of Philadelphia Magazine named Mr. Shuster a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. Super Lawyers are the top 5 percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics.