Name: Nick Morrow
Item: Nick Morrow
Author: nmorrow

Bio

Nick Morrow is a Houston-based trial lawyer and co-founder of Morrow & Sheppard LLP, focusing on catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving commercial trucking accidents (18-wheelers), maritime and Jones Act claims, railroad injury claims under FELA, and oilfield and industrial explosion and serious injury cases. He represents individuals and families against large corporate defendants in cases where liability is aggressively disputed and the consequences for his clients are permanent. He regularly handles cases involving commercial trucking collisions, offshore injuries, and catastrophic industrial accidents across Texas and the Gulf Coast.

Mr. Morrow is a fourth-generation Texan who grew up in a middle-class family in Sealy, Texas. He was one of the first graduates of Sealy High School to gain admission to an Ivy League university, attending Cornell University on scholarship and making the Dean's List before returning to Texas. He graduated with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin, then received a scholarship to The University of Texas School of Law, where he again graduated with honors. While still in law school, Mr. Morrow was recruited to Fulbright & Jaworski LLP — now Norton Rose Fulbright, one of the world's largest defense trial firms — where he spent years handling breach of contract, patent, and personal injury matters involving millions of dollars and, in at least one case, more than one billion. He distinguished himself among thousands of attorneys and rose to equity partner, the ownership tier of the firm. He was also invited to serve on the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the preeminent organization for civil defense trial lawyers in Texas.

That experience gave Mr. Morrow an inside understanding of how large corporations and insurers evaluate risk, value claims, and approach settlement — knowledge he now deploys exclusively on behalf of plaintiffs. His practice emphasizes negotiation at the highest corporate level, jury communication, and a breadth of case experience that ranges from industrial explosions to public safety litigation. He has also represented numerous clients pro bono through the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program and the Veterans' Legal Clinic in Houston. His practice is based in Houston and extends across Texas and the Gulf Coast, particularly in cases involving trucking collisions, offshore injuries, and industrial explosions.

Selected Results — Lead or Co-Lead Counsel

Oilfield & Industrial Explosions

$20.6 million - oilfield explosion case (2025) — Co-counsel on confidential settlement on behalf of multiple plaintiffs who suffered catastrophic burn injuries in a Texas oil industry explosion. Defendants denied responsibility throughout litigation. The firm mobilized specialists within days of the incident, defeated multiple motions to dismiss, and resolved the case following extensive expert and liability development.
$12.56 million - oilfield explosion case (2025) — Co-counsel on settlement on behalf of plaintiffs severely injured in a separate oilfield explosion at a Texas oil and gas facility, resolved the same month.
$12.6 million - workplace electrocution fall case (2025) — Morrow & Sheppard burn injury lawyers represented an injured worker in connection with electrocution injuries and burn injuries sustained on the job. Various defendants settled before trial, and the case proceeded to jury trial against one remaining defendant. The remaining defendant settled for a confidential sum after jury selection. All defendants denied liability and claimed the plaintiff was at fault for his own injuries. While many of our potential clients (injured workers) assume they would be required to sue their own employer to recover damages, in this case and many others, M&S have been able to assert third party claims and recover from various defendants other than the plaintiff’s employer.
$10.5 million - oilfield burn / explosion case - Settlement on behalf of two plaintiffs who suffered severe burns and other serious injuries while cleaning a tank at a remote Texas oilfield site when an explosion occurred. Defendants denied responsibility and attempted to attribute fault to the plaintiffs. The firm assembled oilfield safety and explosion experts, conducted more than two dozen depositions, and defeated multiple defense motions to dismiss before resolving the case in under 24 months.
$7.8 million - oilfield worker injury — Oilfield injury recovery. Case details subject to confidentiality agreement.
$2.7 million - pipeline explosion worker injury — Settlement arising from a pipeline explosion. Case details subject to confidentiality agreement.

Catastrophic Injury / Wrongful Death

$9.8 million - traumatic brain injury — Settlement on behalf of a plaintiff who suffered a traumatic brain injury.
$4 million - settlement during trial wrongful death negligent security — Negligent security wrongful death case in Texas resolved during trial following a unanimous jury finding of negligence. Multiple other firms had declined the case.
$3.8 million - workplace injury — Settlement on behalf of a plaintiff who suffered severe chemical burn injuries.

Maritime & Jones Act

$5.9 million - maritime injury — Maritime injury recovery.
$4.9 million - offshore maritime worker — Jones Act settlement on behalf of an injured offshore worker.
$3.3 million - Jones Act settlement — Jones Act settlement.
$3.2 million - Jones Act jury verdict offshore basket transfer injury - Unanimous Jones Act jury verdict for a deckhand who suffered serious shoulder and cervical spine injuries during a personnel basket transfer operation on the M/V Dustin Danos in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred when the ship captain engaged the vessel's controls while the plaintiff was being transferred via personnel basket, causing the vessel to move forward and the basket to jerk violently. The captain was on his phone and not attending to the operation at the time. Morrow & Sheppard developed percipient witness testimony establishing the vessel was moving during the transfer, and retained maritime safety, life care planning, vocational rehabilitation, and economic experts to prove the full scope of damages. The nine-person jury found REC Marine Logistics, LLC and Offshore Transport Services, LLC liable for $1.7 million in compensatory damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages after finding the defendants acted willfully and arbitrarily in failing to provide maintenance and cure benefits. The defendants appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed the judgment. With interest, costs, and attorneys' fees, the total recovery exceeded $4 million.

Other Significant Results

$1.1 million - FELA Railroad Injury - Settlement for an injured railroad worker after the railroad initially denied the incident occurred and disputed liability under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA).
$900,000 - Commercial Vehicle Collision - Settlement on behalf of two plaintiffs injured in a collision involving a commercial vehicle in North Texas. One plaintiff had stopped her vehicle and activated hazard lights after another vehicle abruptly entered her lane. Several minutes later, a commercial vehicle struck the rear of the stopped car. The impact caused head injuries and significant dental trauma, including the loss of a tooth. The case involved claims arising from the operation of a commercial vehicle and was resolved through settlement.
$7+ million - Unanimous jury verdict residential gas explosion — Unanimous verdict in Webb County, Texas against CenterPoint Energy and homebuilder Westwind Homes, whose failure to plug and seal a gas valve caused a Laredo home to explode. The jury found defendants 100% responsible and the client 0% responsible. During deliberations, jurors asked the court to require the defendants to issue a public safety warning to other south Texas homeowners with similarly defective valves. The verdict prompted both CenterPoint and Westwind to change their inspection and sealing policies in the Laredo area. Affirmed on appeal by the San Antonio Fourth Court of Appeals (2020).

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