Author: Stephen G. Morrison
MR. STEPHEN G. MORRISON, ESQUIRE, is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Columbia. He serves as co-lead counsel for South Carolina’s poorest and most isolated children in Abbeville et al. v. South Carolina et al. (2006), the case he writes about in this publication. The legal action seeks to require the State of South Carolina to provide a constitutionally adequate educational opportunity to every child, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, or geography. Mr. Morrison’s passionate advocacy for human rights and his leadership in insisting on equal educational opportunities for every child in South Carolina has been recognized by the United Black Fund of the Midlands, which awarded him the Judge Waites Waring Humanitarian Award and inducted him into the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and by the National Urban League, which presented him an award for outstanding leadership in championing equal opportunity.
His community service, advocacy for the arts and humanities,and leadership in bringing people together has been recognized by his election to the chairmanship of the Columbia Urban League, the presidency of the Columbia Museum of Art, and the presidency of the Historic Columbia Foundation. The Columbia Urban League has honored Mr. Morrison and the Firm with the Virgil S. Sumner Corporate Responsibility Award.
Mr. Morrison’s nonprofit work also includes service on the boards of Benedict College and Allen University.
He is regularly named to “Nation’s Best” lists published by Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Who’s Who, and Technology’s Best.
Mr. Morrison received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan in 1971, a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina in 1975, and he completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1997.