Background
Shuster, Morris Myer was born on April 14, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Philip and Miriam (Mokrin) Shuster.
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Morris Myer Shuster, American Civil litigation, state
Personal injury (including property damage)
lawyer Served with United States Army, 1954-1956.; Member Philadelphia Bar Association (chairman commission on civil judicial procedure state courts 1974, board directors 59th Saint Legal Clinic 1976-1977, governor 1976-1978, association counsel in litigation 1977-1979 and as amicus in case before Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1981.
Education
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science, 1951. Juris Doctor, 1954).
Career
Worked at Chimicles, Jacobsen & Tikellis (Haverford, Pennsylvania) specializing in Class Actions, Consumer Law, Insurance Law. Admitted to the bar, 1954, Pennsylvania. Faculty Member, University of Pennsylvania Law School, January to June, 1981, September, 1991.
Thomas A. O"Boyle Adjunct Professor of Law, 1995.
Guest Lecturer: University of Pennsylvania Law School, Medical School and Dental School, 1970-1980. Drexel University, 1970-1980.
Member, Board of Managers, 1978-1983, Treasurer, 1981-1983, Law Alumni Society, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Law Alumni Giving, Chairperson, Philadelphia Region, 1979-1980.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Board of Governors, 1976-1978. Judicial Commission, 1979-1985. Chairperson, 1982-1984.
Chairperson: Committee on Civil Legislation/Legislative Liaison, 1979.
Committee on Civil Judicial Procedure, State Courts, 1974. Voluntary Panel to Provide Legal Services for the Indigent, 1982.
Company-Chairperson, Judicial Selection and Reform Committee, 1986-1988, Philadelphia Bar Association. Member: Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1975-1976).
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Judicature Society.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Board of Managers, 1978-1983, Treasurer, 1981-1983, Law Alumni Society, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Law Alumni Giving, Chairperson, Philadelphia Region, 1979-1980. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Board of Governors, 1976-1978.
Judicial Commission, 1979-1985. Chairperson, 1982-1984.
Chairperson: Committee on Civil Legislation/Legislative Liaison, 1979. Committee on Civil Judicial Procedure, State Courts, 1974.
Voluntary Panel to Provide Legal Services for the Indigent, 1982.
Company-Chairperson, Judicial Selection and Reform Committee, 1986-1988, Philadelphia Bar Association. Member: Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1975-1976). Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Judicature Society.
Connections
Married Lorna T. Greenspun, December 25, 1960. Children: Stephen B., Pamela L. Bachelor of Science in Economics.
