Sam Morgan

Sam Morgan’s law practice focuses on advising and representing employees in the broad range of employment law matters that arise under state or federal law. His practice is mostly employment rights litigation and individual employees who have been wrongfully discharged from their jobs. This includes individuals with employment contracts and those who have experienced illegal discrimination on the basis of their age, race, gender, protected disability, religious beliefs, or veterans status. It also includes employees who have been subjected to illegal retaliation as whistleblowers or because they have engaged in some other legally protected activity. Sometimes these clients have experienced sexual, racial or ethnic-based harassment and/or have been discharged in retaliation for objecting to, reporting or complaining about that harassment. Mr. Morgan handles cases for individuals both in the private sector and in public sector employment. Many times, Mr. Morgan's clients have been offered severance or separation agreements, which need to be evaluated as an alternative to pursuing a lawsuit. Often, these severance agreements have an impact on equity ownership, including stock option or grant awards, or continued membership in the company, and sometimes the termination is part of a campaign of minority shareholder/member oppression. Other clients have non-compete agreements that may stand in the way of their best, next employment opportunity, or they may have an unpaid-wages claim, ranging from unpaid sales commissions to unpaid overtime pay due to misclassification in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. ​Mr. Morgan's jobs as a lawyer were with an insurance defense firm, and then a management-side, only labor and employment litigation firm, and he uses that background, perspective and experience in evaluating cases and developing strategies for litigation and settlement. He also has numerous long-standing management-side clients to whom he provides advice and counsel on workforce management issues, such as disciplinary action, investigations of employee misconduct, development and implementation of employee policies and procedures, and representation in defending against employee and governmental agency claims. ​ Mr. Morgan has represented clients at all levels of organizations in a variety of industries, including the automotive industry, manufacturers’ representatives, health care systems and medical practices, advertising, media, banking and financial services, high tech, gaming and casinos, restaurants and hospitality, spirits and wine businesses, grocery and retail, and construction. He also has significant experience with public sector employment and employee rights that arise under the United States Constitution and various federal and state statutes. While he is located and licensed in Michigan, as a lawyer that frequently litigates federal civil rights claims in federal courts, Mr. Morgan has handled cases in several other states, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Delaware, Florida and Arkansas. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Sam Morgan included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law, Individuals, Management & Litigation, 2006 - Present AV Rating (Preeminent), Martindale-Hubbell 2005–2023 Fellow – College of Labor and Employment Lawyers DBusiness Magazine "Top Lawyers" - 2023 Michigan Lawyers Weekly - Go-To Lawyer for Employment Law, 2024 - Present Other Sources of Feedback About Sam Morgan Included on the 2026Michigan Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2024 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2023 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2021 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2018 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2017 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2016 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2014 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2013 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2012 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2011 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2009 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2008 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2007 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2006 Michigan Super Lawyers list

• Member, Trial Lawyer, since January 1, 2024

• Gasiorek, Morgan, Greco, McCauley & Kotzian, PC, Shareholder and Senior Trial Lawyer, 2007 - 2023
• Sommers Schwartz Silver & Schwartz, PC, Shareholder and Senior Trial Lawyer, 1992 - 2007

• Novi Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors/Executive Committee, 2011–2017, Chairman, 2014 – 2016
• Greater Farmington Area Chamber of Commerce

• Michigan, 1984
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1984
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1986
• Potawatomi Indian Tribal Court, 2012

• State Bar of Michigan
• State Bar of Michigan, Labor & Employment Law Section Council, 2012-2017
• National Employment Lawyers Association
• Detroit Bar Association
• Macomb County Bar Association
• Oakland County Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 2015 - Present (Fellow)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Gamma Delta