JOHN MORGAN
FOUNDER, MORGAN AND MORGAN, ORLANDO
Morgan founded the largest personal injury law firm in the state and operates a number of other businesses. He led the effort to pass a constitutional amendment allowing the use of medical marijuana in Florida. Long a major fundraiser for the Democratic Party, he left the party in 2017 and registered as an independent. He is currently pushing for a $15-an-hour minimum wage in Florida.
| EDUCATION | UF (BA, JD) |
| PROFESSIONAL EVOLUTION | Studied political science in college “because I felt it would help me get better grades for law school, and I was terrible with math and science.” |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I was Pluto at Disney World. |
| PHILANTHROPIC PASSION | Second Harvest. Most of my giving is anonymous. |
| FLORIDA ISSUE | Fair wages for a fair day’s work |