Joseph Morrison

Practice Areas

Corporate, Emerging Companies and Venture Capital, Family Office, Private Client Services, Trusts and Estates

Career

Joseph Morrison advises entrepreneurs, family offices, venture investors and high-growth companies to effectively navigate investment transactions, company sales and legal and business challenges. With a background in business and technology consulting, Joe counsels clients on technology and intellectual property licensing, venture and institutional financing rounds, governance matters, and employment and commercial contracting matters. He is a trusted adviser to family offices, high-growth companies, and venture investors around the U.S., a role that allows clients to focus their time on executing strategic plans and consummating investments that further core business goals.

Joe is a versatile attorney who applies strategic thinking across all his work to become a valued counselor for his clients. Additionally, Joe advises multi-generational family offices and high-net-worth individuals on high-growth company investments as a core part of his practice. Known for his deep knowledge of market norms while also getting deals done efficiently, clients seek his guidance to negotiate venture and growth equity financings as well as merger and acquisition transactions.

Active in the Ann Arbor startup scene, Joe is regularly invited to present before student groups, local startup groups, and University of Michigan classes, covering legal issues facing high-growth companies and entrepreneurs.

Joe serves as a Barnes & Thornburg AI Practice Champion, one of nearly 40 attorneys across the firm designated to advance the practical use of AI within their practice group and help translate the firm's AI strategy into day-to-day client work.

Education