Sherman & Howard attorney Tom Morgan has been elected to a one-year term as Chair of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona, effective immediately. Morgan served as co-vice chairman of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona from 2014-2015. He also served as the former chairman of the Securities Regulation Section of the State Bar of Arizona from 2003-2004.

Tom Morgan is a Member in Sherman & Howard’s Business and Corporate Practice Group. He has more than 30 years’ experience representing public and privately held companies with respect to corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, real estate and tax planning matters.

“Tom’s leadership and his dedication to his clients represent the foundational values of our law firm’s commitment to partner with our clients to understand their goals and become trusted advisors,” says Greg Falls, manager of Sherman & Howard’s Phoenix and Scottsdale offices. “This recognition validates the commitment Tom has to providing the highest-quality legal and business solutions when it matters most.” Falls added, “Tom has also demonstrated a high level of dedication to the State Bar of Arizona.”

The purpose of the Business Law Section is to promote the objectives of the State Bar of Arizona within the area of business law, and, to that end, to further the development of that field of the law and all its branches to cooperate in obtaining uniformity with respect to both legislation and administration in all matters within this field; to simplify and improve the application of justice in this field; to promote throughout the State of Arizona the legal education of members of the Bar and the public on new developments and problems within this field by sponsoring meetings, institutes, and conferences, the preparation, sponsorship and publication of legal writing in this field; and otherwise to further the interests of the State Bar of Arizona and of the legal profession as a whole in any and all ways relating to this field of the law, all in conformity with the bylaws of the State Bar of Arizona as in effect from time to time.

Tom has received several commendations by his professional peers, including being recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2012-2015; listed in Southwest Super Lawyers for Securities & Corporate Law, 2012-2013; and ranked in AZ Business Magazine’s Top Lawyers for Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Tax, 2010 – 2012.

Mr. Morgan earned his LL.M. in Taxation at New York University; his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, graduating with an Order of the Coif in 1981, and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Oklahoma State University in 1978.