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Morgan A. Birck

Associate ( Chicago )

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Bio

Morgan Birck is a litigator with extensive experience in research, writing, and oral advocacy before trial and appellate courts and administrative agencies. She draws from this experience to navigate clients through complex legal issues and to clearly and thoughtfully advocate on her clients’ behalf.

Before joining the firm, Morgan worked for nearly five years as an appellate public defender in New Jersey, where she wrote dozens of appellate briefs and motions for compassionate release and resentencing and argued them before the New Jersey trial and appellate courts. She argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court, securing full wins for her clients in two cases. She also helped prepare clients for their parole release hearings and appealed agency denials.

Morgan clerked for the Honorable Manish S. Shah of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Experience

Clerkships

Hon. Manish S. Shah, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2024-2026)

Credentials

Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2019
University of Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Managing Executive Editor 
Law School Student Senate 

Georgetown University, B.A., English, Philosophy, 2016, magna cum laude
Georgetown University Undergraduate Law Review, Co-founder, Managing Editor 
Georgetown University Pre-Law Society, Vice President