Honorable Robert Morrill
Curriculum Vitae
Experience
2007-Present Mediator/Arbitrator in private practice, mediating over 350 cases, including commercial
disputes, professional malpractice, personal injury, employer/employee claims,
real estate cases, contracts, construction cases, corporate and partnership
disputes, tax abatement and valuation contests, toxic torts, collections, and
arbitrating over 50 more involving similar types of claims.
1986-2010 Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court, presiding over thousands of jury and non-jury trials.
1974-1986 Private practice, associate and partner at Hall, Morse, Anderson, Miller and Spinella (formerly Hall, Morse, Gallagher and Anderson), representing insurance companies, individuals, businesses, partnerships and corporations in federal and state courts.
Education
1974 J.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School, President, Sharswood Law Club.
1971 B.A. (Honors) Victoria University, Wellington, NZ, Rotary Foundation Fellow.
1970 B.A. (cum laude) Harvard College.
Training
Advanced Mediation Programs for Commercial Mediators, Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute, Commercial Section of Assoc. for Conflict Resolution in collaboration with American Arbitration Assoc., September 24 & 25, 2008.
Mediating the Litigated Case, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University College of Law, August 22-27, 2005.
Mediator Skill-Building Training, Professor Lela P. Love, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Professor Jeffrey Stulberg, Ohio State University School of Law, June 8-10, 2005.
Mediation Seminars, N.H. Superior Court.
Advanced Mediation Workshop, Professor Lela P. Love, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, April 10, 2007.
Arbitration Fundamentals and Best Practices, American Arbitration Association, February 26 & 27, 2008.
N.H. Super. Ct. R. 170 Refresher Training, Melinda S. Gehris, Hess Gehris Solutions, Peter Y. Wolfe, Roundtable Mediation, May 20, 2008.
Honors and Achievements
2004 & 2008 Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, New England Regional.
2003 Justice William A. Grimes Award for Judicial Professionalism, N.H. Bar Association.
1999 Award of Judicial Excellence (one of four awarded nationally), National Conference of State Trial Judges, Annual Meeting of the ABA, Atlanta, Georgia.
1994 N.H. Trial Judge of the Year (first judge selected), NH Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
1984-2009 Instructor, Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Program.
Creator of the “Yankee Auction”
Frequent lecturer, Continuing Legal Education programs.
Visiting presenter, Vera Institute of Justice, New York.