James Ward Morris

Personal

Birthday: 
11/14/1890
Birthplace: 
Smithfield, NC
Date of Death: 
11/15/1960
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Tampa, Florida, 1913-1933
U.S. Army, 1917-1919
U.S. Department of Justice, 1933-1939; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1933-1935; assistant attorney general, 1935-1939

Education

Name of School: 
University of North Carolina
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1912
Name of School - Second: 

University of North Carolina School of Law

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the nation's oldest, and clearly one of its most accomplished, public institutions. From the colonial period until the present day, graduates from the University's School of Law have played powerfully disproportionate roles in leading the state, the south and the nation. Our law faculty includes world-class scholars, award-winning teachers and noted practitioners. Carolina Law's student body is among the most highly credentialed and intellectually diverse in America. Our signature offerings in civil rights, banking, intellectual property, entrepreneurial and securities law, critical studies, bankruptcy, and constitutional inquiry are among the best to be found in the academy. And our expansive array of skills and capstone courses provides impressive links between theory and practice. Carolina is a remarkable place to study law.

Name of School - Third: 
Read law
Degree Year - Third: 
1913

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Court Name: 

District of Columbia District Court

President Nominating: 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
6/19/1939
Termination Date: 
11/15/1960
Termination Reason: 
Death