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)
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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.”
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SOMETHING SURPRISING
| I was Pluto at Disney World.
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PHILANTHROPIC PASSION
| Second Harvest. Most of my giving is anonymous.
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FLORIDA ISSUE
| Fair wages for a fair day’s work
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