Alumni Spotlight: Gerald M. Morris, J.D.

Gerald M. Morris, J.D. previously serves as General Counsel for Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, and has been an Adjunct Law Professor and a faculty member at the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law since 1992 through the present.

His professional affiliations include the Florida Bar, with which he has held a range of leadership roles, including serving on the Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors and the Broward County Bar Association, where he served on the Executive Committee of the Young Lawyers Division and was honored with the President’s Award.

He has served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Shepard Broad College of Law, president of the Board of Directors of the NSU College of Law Alumni Association, and is chair of its Annual Fund. Morris’ community volunteer activities include the United Way, Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, St. David Catholic Church, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, and the chamber’s Leadership Broward program.

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce recognized Morris in 1990 with the Broward Vision Award for his leadership and service on the Board of Governors and as chair of the Government Affairs Committee. Morris received an LL.M. degree in Health Law from the University of Houston Law Center in 2002; a J.D. degree from NSU in 1977; and a bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College, New York.