Kerry Lee Morgan is Of Counsel to Pentiuk, Couvreur, & Kobiljak, P.C. His chief areas of practice involve municipal law, employment discrimination, civil rights, labor law general litigation, environmental law and educational policy.
Mr. Morgan has extensive experience in matters related to labor law, where he has worked zealously with municipal and business clients to resolve disputes.
Prior to his current legal affiliation, he served as an Attorney-Advisor with the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Washington D.C.
In addition to practicing law, since 1980, Mr. Morgan received his Masters of Arts, magna cum laude, in Public Policy from Regent University. He has also written a number of thought-provoking articles in the areas of natural law and unalienable rights. He recently completed an extensive legal review of religious liberty principles and Supreme Court cases titled, Unalienable Rights, Equality and The Free Exercise of Religion. In 1997, University Press of America published his book, Real Choice, Real Freedom in American Education, a scholarly work that articulates the legal and Constitutional case for parental rights and against governmental control of American Education.
Published Works
- Unalienable Rights, Equality and the Free Exercise of Religion
- The Unalienable Right of Government by Consent and The Independent Agency
- The Declaration of Independence and American Education
- Real Choice, Real Freedom in American Education
- First We Defend Law, Then We Defend Life: What The Pro-Life Movement Needs After 30 Years of Failure, 2005
- "Real Choice, Real Freedom in American Education, The Legal and Constitutional Case for Parental Rights and Against Governmental Control of American Education", University Press of America, 1997
- The Unalienable Right of Government by Consent and the Independent Agency, (Co-Author The Unalienable Right of Government by Consent and the Independent Agency, 1990
- "A Declaration of Universal Rights", CFJ International, 1988
- A Constitutional Presidency, (Co-Author J. Christian Juris), 1987
- The Declaration of Independence and American Education, (Co-Author with , J. Christian Juris), 1986
- Comment, Secular Humanism and Equal Protection: Focusing on Marital and Parental Status as Factors Determining Permissible Gender-Based Classifications and Their Impact on Family Integrity, Detroit College Law Review 821, 1980
- Note, People v. Wheeler: Has California Really Assured Impartial Juries by Revision of the Peremptory Challenge?, Detroit College Law Review, 527, 1997
Representative Cases
- For Amicus, Smith v. Board of Sch. Comm'rs, 827 F.2d 684 (11th Cir. 1987)
- Grutter v. Bollinger, 16 F. Supp. 2d 797 (E.D. Mich. 1998)
- Grutter v. Bollinger, Rev.188 F.3d 394 (6th Cir 1999)
- Gratz v. Bollinger, 122 F. Supp. 2d 811 (E.D. Mich. 2000)
- On Brief, Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
- On Brief, Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003)
- United States ex rel. Mich. Natural Res. Comm'n v. Wayne County, 280 F. Supp. 2d 726 (E.D. Mich. 2003)
- United States v. Wayne County, 369 F.3d 508 (6th Cir. 2004)
- United States v. Wayne County, 406 F. Supp. 2d 760 (E.D. Mich. 2005)
- On Brief, City of Riverview v. Surface Transp. Bd., 398 F.3d 434 (6th Cir. 2005)
- Coalition v. Granholm, 240 F.R.D. 368 (E.D. Mich. 2006)
- Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm, 473 F.3d 237 (6th Cir. 2006)
- Morgan v. United States DOJ, 473 F. Supp. 2d 756 (E.D. Mich. 2007)
- People v. Walters, 266 Mich. App. 341 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005)
- City of Riverview v. Sibley Limestone, 270 Mich. App. 627 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006)
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Business Law, William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1995 - 2002
Past Employment Positions
- United States Commission on Civil Rightrs, Attorney - Advisor, 1989 - 1992
- Regent University, Director, US Bicentennial Project, 1986 - 1989
Pro Bono Activities
- Advises Parents on their rights in connection with the home education of their children
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Michigan, Member
- Virginia State Bar , Member
- District of Columbia Bar, Member, 1980
- License, Federal Firearms, 1991 - 2003
