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About Ward Morrow

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Your host: J. Ward Morrow is an Assistant General Counsel for the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO. His extensive legal experience spans the areas of labor and employment law, legislative drafting, lobbying, administrative law, criminal law, and representation before government agencies. Read More


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J. Ward Morrow is an Assistant General Counsel for the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO. His extensive legal experience spans the areas of labor and employment law, legislative drafting, lobbying, administrative law, criminal law, and representation before government agencies.

Prior to coming to AFGE, Mr. Morrow had served as an Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City and Special Assistant United States Attorney. After 10 years of prosecuting criminal cases in the District and Circuit courts of Baltimore, Mr. Morrow served for four years as General Counsel and Legislative Director for the American Federation of Teachers-Maryland. In that capacity he represented teachers, school support staff, school police, correctional officers, 911 operators, public health nurses, and various other state and local government employees.

In 2003, Mr. Morrow came to AFGE where he primarily serves as the Legislative Counsel for AFGE and has worked on wide ranging issues for AFGE such as personnel reform matters, Hatch Act cases, union representation and administration matters, and conducts frequent training programs for union leaders.

Mr. Morrow received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the Johns Hopkins University and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. He also completed a Judicial Law Clerkship with former Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Mary Arabian (deceased).

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