Background
Morsch, Thomas Harvey was born on September 5, 1931 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Harvey William and Gwenodyne (Maun) Morsch.
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Thomas Harvey Morsch
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Bachelor, Notre Dame U., 1953; B.S.L., Northwestern University, 1953; Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1955.
Career
Associate, Crowell & Leibman, Chicago, 1955-1962;
partner, Leibman, Williams, Bennett, Baird & Minow, Chicago, Illinois., 1962-1972;
partner, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, 1972-1997;
counsel, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, since 1998. Board directors Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, chairman, 1982-1983. Board directors Public Interest Law Initiative, president, 1993-1995.
Northern Dist.Ill. Civil Justice Reform Committee, 1991-1995. Member visiting committee Law School Northwestern University, 1989-1990, director small business opportunity clinic, since 1998, sr.lectr., since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
President Republican Workshops of Illinois, 1970. General counsel Illinois Committee to Re-elect the President, 1972. Member LaGrange Plan Commission, Illinois, 1972-1980, LaGrange Fire and Police Commission, 1968-1972.
Trustee LaGrange Memorial Hospital,1983-1989. Advisory board Catholic Charities of Chicago, since 1985. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers.
Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chgo.Bar Association (board of managers 1979-1981), District of Columbia Bar, Northwestern Law School Alumni Association (president 1988-1989), Chicago Bar Foundation (board directors, president 1995-1997).
Connections
Married Jacquelyn Casey, December 27, 1954. Children: Thomas H. Junior, Margaret, Mary Susan, James, Kathryn, Julia.
