Joseph Wilson Morris (April 28, 1922 – November 11, 2021) was an American attorney, arbitrator, legal educator and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He was a partner in the Tulsa, Oklahoma law firm of Gable Gotwals.
Joseph Wilson Morris
Oklahoma Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Born 1922 in Rice County, KS
Died 2021
FJC ID: 1694
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Tulsa, Oklahoma1983–present
- Shell Oil CompanyVice president and general counsel · 1978–1983
Dean · 1972–1974- Amerada Hess CorporationVice president and associate general counsel · 1969–1972
- Amerada Petroleum Corporation, Tulsa, OklahomaGeneral counsel · 1960–1969
- Shell Oil CompanyStaff attorney · 1948–1960
U.S. Navy1943–1946
Appointments
1974–1978 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Resignation
Education
S.J.D. · 1955- LL.M. · 1948
LL.B. · 1947- Washburn UniversityA.B. · 1943