Morris joined Hill Ward Henderson in 2006 and is a Shareholder in the firm's Real Estate Group and the Zoning & Land Use Group.
For eight years, Morris served as the Senior Chief Assistant City Attorney for the City of Tampa and was part of the City Attorney's Office. During his tenure, Morris gained extensive experience in the areas of land use, zoning, comprehensive planning, governmental permitting, subdivisions, governmental contracts, impact fees, sign issues, concurrency, Developments of Regional Impacts (DRIs), government related real estate transactions, regulatory issues, sunshine law, public records laws, sovereign immunity and similar issues affecting governmental entities.
Prior to joining the City Attorney's Office, Morris was a shareholder at Carlton Fields, P.A., where he practiced for eleven years. At Carlton Fields, Morris was a member of the Real Estate and Environmental Department and represented private clients in connection with land use, rezoning and governmental permitting issues, Developments of Regional Impacts, environmental issues, real estate financing, and real estate conveyances.
Morris is a member of The Florida Bar, including the Local Government Law Section, the Environmental and Land Use Section and the Real Estate and Probate Law Section. He is also a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association where he served as the Chairman of the Local Government Law Section in 2003. Morris enjoys traveling, sporting events, and jogging in his spare time.