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Attorney Morgan J. Gray
Workers' Compensation Expert
Morgan J. Gray is the founder and principal attorney of the Law Offices of Morgan J. Gray, P.C., located in Quincy, Massachusetts. Attorney Gray brings 29 years of experience spanning multiple practice areas to bear on an array of matters primarily concerning the representation injured workers. His office handles workers' compensation and Social Security Disability cases throughout Massachusetts. He also represents state, county and municipal employees, as well as police officers, firefighters, and other public safety personnel who suffer an injury in the line of duty. He has enjoyed great success on the other side of the docket, defending uninsured employers before the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents.
Proctor in Admiralty
The remainder of his practice is dedicated to taking on the complex matters of injured seamen and other maritime personnel nationwide and overseas. Certified as a Proctor in Admiralty by the Maritime Law Association of the United States, he is highly regarded for his knowledge of maritime laws, including the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, the Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act, and the Defense Base Act, all of which were created to ensure that injured maritime personnel receive the benefits to which they are entitled in the event of a workplace injury.
Attorney Gray attended Suffolk University Law School, achieving dean's list honors and earning his law degree in 1991. Prior to founding his firm in 1996, he worked as an associate attorney for two Massachusetts firms and presided over evidentiary hearings for the Boston Retirement Board.
A frequent speaker on maritime law and workers' compensation topics at continuing legal education seminars, conventions and insurance seminars, Mr. Gray is a fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and previously served as a member of the House of Delegates of the Massachusetts Bar Association. In June 2014, he was recognized by the Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group as one of the nation's leading workers' compensation attorneys.
Special Licenses and PROFESSIONAL Activity
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Proctor in Admiralty
Bar/Professional Activity:
Hearing Officer Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Board of Bar Overseers 2021-2024
Chair Massachusetts Bar Association Social Security & Public Employee Retirement Practice Group
National Organization of Social Security Security Claimants' Representatives, Sustaining Member
- Massachusetts Bar foundation - Life Fellow
- Wollaston Golf Club, Member
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division- Past Director
- Christopher S. Hayes' Memorial Scholarship Committee, Past-Director
- Massachusetts Bar Foundation, IOLTA Grant Advisory Committees (GAC)
- Suffolk University Law School Barrister's Committee, Past-Chair
- Salvation Army - Quincy Chapter, Member of the Board of Advisors 2012- present
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Member
- Bar Association of Norfolk County, Member
- Quincy Chamber of Commerce, Member
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Member
- The Eire Society of Boston, Member
- Catholic Lawyers Guild, Member
- Quincy Bar Association, Member
- American Ireland Fund, Member
- United States District Court, District of Massachusetts (Admitted May 28, 1992)
- United States First Circuit Court of Appeals (Admitted November 9, 1995)
- Massachusetts' Bar (Admitted December 17, 1991)
Pro Bono/Community Service:
- Operation HomeFront
- Delegate to the Massachusetts Bar Association House of Delegates,2014
- Advisory Board - Salvation Army of Quincy, 2013
- Massachusetts Bar Foundation - IOLTA Grant Advisory Committees (GAC)
- Massachusetts' Bar Association Nominating Committee, 2019
Educational Background:
- Saint Michael's College, Winooski Park, Colchester, VT, May 1987 Bachelor of Arts - Political Science/American Studies Dean's List Big Brother/Big Sister Executive Committee Member
- Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, May 1991 Juris Doctor Dean's List American Bar Association, Law Student Division Representative, 1989 -1991
- University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 1983 - 1984 History Major
Awards
Selected to Super Lawyers, Top-rated Workers' Compensation Attorney in Quincy, Super Lawyers, 2014-2020
Top 100 Attorneys - Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group - 2014
Notaries Public- Commonwealth of Massachusetts- 2010
Proctor in Admiralty - Maritime Law Association of the United States -2010
The McDermott Award - Suffolk University Law School -1995
