Charles F. Morrow
Office Information
Chip is a member of Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices & Healthcare Group, where he focuses his practice on drug and medical devices, product liability law, medical malpractice defense, intellectual property litigation, and transportation law/trucking defense.
Biography – View PDF Bio
- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1996
- Tennessee, 1989
- U.S. District Courts
- Tennessee: Western
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
Distinctions
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (Memphis), 2020
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2013-2021
- Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Personal Injury – Products: Defense, 2006-2008, 2011-2020
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV®- Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- The Legal 500 U.S.
- Recognized in the editorial for nationwide Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense, 2019.
- Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation
Education & Honors
- University of Louisville, J.D., 1989
- Member, Journal of Family Law
- University of Kentucky, B.B.A., Finance, 1986
Experience
- In re: Propecia (Finasteride) Product Liability Litigation, (12-MD-2331 (JG)(VVP)), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, Lead Defense Liaison Counsel.
- In re Propecia® Litigation, (Case No. 623, Civil Action), Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Middlesex County, Lead Defense Liaison Counsel.
- In re: Topamax Litigation, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Powell v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 02251, Lead Trial Counsel.
- Betterton v. Evans, et al., (2:02-CV-318-PB) Northern District, Mississippi, Lead trial counsel, medical malpractice/wrongful death claim arising from pacemaker implantation; successfully obtained defense verdict.
- North American Electric v. Western Electric Pacific, Ltd., (2:01-CV-00175-EMB) U.S. District Court, Northern District, Mississippi, Lead trial counsel, breach of contract.
- Johnny’s Fine Foods, Inc. v. Johnny’s Inc., 286 F.Supp.2d 876, 68 U.S.P.Q. 2d1505 (M.D. 2003), Lead trial counsel, trademark infringement.
- Caldwell v. Mentor Corporation, et al., Circuit Court, Memphis, Tennessee, Lead trial counsel, products liability – medical device.
- Matlock v. Hester, State Court, Memphis, Tennessee, Lead trial counsel, automobile accident.
- Assisted the trial team in the following cases: More...
- Maya v. McNeil, et al., Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas trial involving Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Children’s Motrin (2011).
- Hutto v. McNeil, et al., Louisiana trial involving acetaminophen overdose (2010).
- Flipp v. Stevenson, State Court, Memphis, Tennessee, breach of contract.
- Cox v. Davis, State Court, Memphis, Tennessee, medical malpractice.
- Cox v. General Motors, 1996 WL 266649 (Tenn.Ct.App., 1996), products liability.
- Blackshears v. General Motors, U.S. District Court, Western District, Tennessee, products liability.
- Middleton v. Illinois Central Railroad, State Court, Memphis, Tennessee, FELA.
- Moltan Company v. Eagle-Picher Industries Inc., 55 F.3d. 1171, (6th Cir. (Tenn.) 1995), Lanham Act – unfair competition.
In the News
- 86 Butler Snow Attorneys Listed in 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars
- 198 Butler Snow Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2021
- 93 Butler Snow Attorneys Listed in 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- 173 Butler Snow Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers® 2020, 19 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
- Butler Snow Ranked by The Legal 500 U.S. for Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Health Care Work
- 106 Butler Snow Attorneys Listed in 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- 102 Butler Snow Attorneys List in 2015 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- 117 Butler Snow Attorneys Listed in 2013 Mid-South Super Lawyers®
- The Power Players - Law: Personal Injury
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Author, “2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: What You Need to Know,” Pro Te Solutio, Vol. 8 No. 3, Fall 2015.
- Author, “Changes to the Federal Removal Statutes—Questions Still Remain,” Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 5 No. 3, 7-11, August 2012.
- Co-Author, “Fighting the Counterfeit Drug Industry,” Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 3 No. 2, May 2010.
- Speaker, “Direct Examination of Expert Pharmacologist,” ACI Drug & Medical Device on Trial Seminar, Summer 2009.
- Speaker, “Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence Update and Proposed State Rules for E-Discovery,” E-Discovery and New Rules for Civil Procedure, Tennessee Bar Association, February 2008.