Seth Morris

Seth creció en Los Angeles, se mudó a New York para estudiar en Columbia University y luego regresó a California para enseñar tercer grado en Compton de 2001 a 2003. Enseñar en Compton encendió en él el deseo de estudiar Derecho y generar un cambio positivo en el mundo.

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Después de graduarse de la facultad de Derecho de la University of California, Berkeley School of Law en 2006, Seth comenzó su carrera legal trabajando en uno de los bufetes más grandes del mundo, Latham & Watkins LLP. Aunque su carrera comenzó en un bufete reconocido, se sentía desconectado y buscaba algo más gratificante.

Esto lo llevó a aceptar el cargo de Defensor Público Adjunto en el Condado de Alameda, CA, donde adquirió experiencia representando a clientes acusados de todo tipo de delitos.

Manejó casos que iban desde robo y violación hasta trata de personas y homicidio. Su labor como abogado de defensa de robos le dio la oportunidad de proteger ferozmente los derechos de los acusados y de estar del lado de una persona cuando enfrentaba cargos graves.

Como defensor público, la experiencia de Seth le dio espacio para navegar situaciones complejas en favor de sus clientes y darles esperanza en sus momentos más difíciles. Tras sus años como defensor público, supo que quería algo más grande para sí mismo. Se convirtió en socio de Cooper, Cooper & Morris durante cinco años, ampliando su práctica a los nueve condados del Área de la Bahía y más allá. En 2021, estaba listo para lanzar su propio bufete y fundó Morris Law.

Seth ha llevado a cabo más de 25 juicios ante jurado, incluidos muchos casos en los que sus clientes enfrentaban una posible condena de cadena perpetua. Un juicio ante jurado es un arte único que combina la defensa oral, el contrainterrogatorio implacable y una narrativa convincente. Después de su representación, los clientes de Seth expresan una profunda gratitud, ya que el proceso es sumamente personal y a menudo emocionalmente abrumador.

A lo largo de su experiencia, se ha llamado a Seth para comentar sobre la actualidad de la industria legal y se le ha considerado un líder de opinión en temas como el uso —o el mal uso— de las cámaras corporales de la policía.

Su pasión es no conformarse ni quedarse observando cómo la fiscalía viola sus derechos. Cuando las probabilidades están en su contra, la obra de su vida es aportar urgencia y justicia a su caso.

Education:

Columbia University, BA Philosophy, 2001
Loyola Marymount University, MA Education, 2003
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, JD, 2006

Admissions:

California, 2006 – Current, #244910
Federal Bar, 2006 – Current

Professional Memberships:

National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Alameda County Bar Association

Publications & Appearances:

August 27, 2020, October 22, 2021: Presented on developments on the law for cases prosecuted with gang enhancements post People v. Sanchez to Los Angeles Public Defender’s Office, a public defender’s office of over 700 attorneys.
February 2018: Presented on developments on the law for cases prosecuted with gang enhancements post People v. Sanchez to audience of approximately 300 criminal defense attorneys and public defenders from around California.
July 23, 2015: Invited by President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing to present on a panel to help develop a national Toolkit to help police agencies, district attorney offices, and public defender offices develop systems to utilize and implement police body cameras.
November 9, 2016: Presented to public defender and private investigators on how to utilize body camera evidence to help on criminal defense cases.
Fall 2013 – 2016: As a guest lecturer, Seth annually teaches one class on the 4th Amendment to the Constitution as it relates to challenging illegal searches and seizures by the police.
July 2013: Trained 100-attorney office on recent updates and litigation experiences with the law of Miranda v. Arizona, highlighting police tactics to circumvent suspect’s rights and how to frame a Motion to Exclude Defendant’s Statement for successful exclusion at trial.
April 22, 2016: NBC Bay Area interviewed Seth in a special investigation report on local police’s use and misuse of body cameras. Part 2 of 2. Link here
Feb 11, 2016: NBC Bay Area interviewed Seth in a special investigation report on local police’s use and misuse of body cameras. Part 1 of 2. Link here.
November 6, 2015: Guest speaker on the Body Camera Panel at The Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal symposium entitled: “21st Century Civil Rights: Community Empowerment Police Reform.”
September 29, 2015: Guest Lecturer at Professor Nikki Jones’ class at UC Berkeley in the Dept of African American studies discussing race, poverty, and the crisis of mass incarceration in the criminal justice system.
July 15, 2015: Seth was interviewed by Brendan Bartholomew for his SF Examiner piece regarding the lack of a public defender’s office in San Mateo County. Piece here.
July 9, 2015: KQED (local NPR affiliate) aired a piece Seth wrote about the importance of public defenders in the conversation about police misconduct in local communities. Link here.
May 18, 2015: The U.S. Dept. of Justice rolled out its national Toolkit on the use of police body cameras. Seth was interviewed and featured on the site, offering the public defender’s perspective on the use of body cameras.
February 26–27, 2015: Seth was flown to Washington, D.C. by the Dept. of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to speak on their Expert Panel on the topic of body cameras.
February 11, 2015: Seth was interviewed by Robert Gammon for his East Bay Express article “OPD’s War on the Poor Needs to End.” Link here.
February 8, 2015: Seth wrote a Letter to the Editor of the Boston Globe Magazine, thanking them for their piece “Defending those accused of unthinkable crimes” by Scott Helman (original article here). The link to his letter is here.
February 4, 2015: Seth was a guest on KALW’s Your Call for a show entitled Should Police Wear Body Cameras? Link here.
February 3, 2015: “23 Years After Rodney King, Victims of Police Violence Get Even Less Justice,” by Seth Morris, published by Vanity Fair.
January 20, 2015: “Supreme Court’s police debacle: How it quietly helped cops prey on poor people” by Seth Morris. Published on Salon, link here.
December 11, 2014: “Public defender: I could get indictments in Garner, Brown cases.” Appearance on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, link here.
December 8, 2014: “It would have been very simple to indict Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo. Here’s how.” By Seth Morris. Published in the Washington Post, link here.