Morgan Adams

Morgan Adams is a personal injury attorney with Hoy Law in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, whose practice focuses on crashes involving large trucks and buses. He represents injured people in cases involving tractor-trailers, buses, logging trucks, dump trucks, and other large commercial vehicles. Morgan’s work includes claims against trucking, bus, and insurance companies, with a focus on investigating serious crashes, developing liability and damages evidence, and preparing complex cases for negotiation or trial.

Morgan earned a B.A. in Government and International Affairs from Bowdoin College in 1985 and a J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in 1989. His professional development also includes more than 22 years of service in the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve, where he reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. That combination of legal education, military service, and litigation training supports disciplined case preparation and leadership in complex truck and bus accident matters.

Morgan previously served as a litigation partner at Hatfield, VanCleave, Akers & Adams and founded Truck Wreck Justice in 1997. He has handled cases involving major trucking, bus, and insurance companies and has written and lectured nationally on truck crash litigation. His professional leadership has included service with the American Association for Justice Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, and The Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, reflecting a long-standing focus on serious injury and transportation cases.

Morgan is board certified in Civil Trial Advocacy and Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. His recognitions include the American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group Lifetime Achievement Award and other trial-law honors. Morgan Adams combines extensive personal injury litigation experience, professional leadership, and military discipline to represent people harmed in serious commercial-vehicle crashes and to address the technical, medical, insurance, and liability issues that commonly shape these cases.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Hoy Law
• Member, Tennessee Bar Association (1989-Present)
• Member, State Bar of Georgia (1989-Present)
• Member, Washington State Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of South Dakota
• Vice Chair, American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group (2017-Present)
• Board of Governors, Southern Trial Lawyers Association (2010-Present)
• Board Member, The Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (2015-Present)
• Board of Governors, American Association for Justice (2009-2011)
• Chairman, AAJ Interstate Trucking Litigation Group (2009-2010)
• President, Chattanooga Trial Lawyers Association (2002-2003)
• Member, TOAS Injury Lawyers

Licensed State

• Tennessee
• Georgia
• Washington
• South Dakota

Education

• Georgia State University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Bowdoin College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Government and International Affairs

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