Morris & Dewett

What Morris & Dewett does

Morris & Dewett is a contingency-fee personal injury law firm operating across Louisiana and Texas, structured as Morris and Dewett, LLC. The firm employs 34 staff including 13 attorneys with 100+ years of combined legal experience, and operates from six offices across Louisiana: Shreveport, Bossier City, Minden, Ruston, Covington, and Lake Charles. Its practice spans the core personal injury verticals, including car accidents, trucking accidents, wrongful death, and premises liability, and the firm has produced 119 cases each recovering over $1M, with cumulative client recoveries exceeding $1 billion and a $409 million record verdict in Grantham v. Stuart Petroleum (2023).

The firm operates exclusively on a contingency-fee model, charging no upfront fees to clients and collecting only on successful recovery, which aligns incentives between the firm and its individual consumer plaintiff base. Client acquisition is anchored by professional attorney referrals, which generate over half of caseload, with the remainder sourced through brand-driven inbound marketing built on a 2,537+ five-star Google review base and AV Preeminent / Super Lawyers credentials.

Technically, the firm is a traditional professional services operation with no disclosed proprietary technology, no AI/ML capabilities, and no documented data assets. Growth has been delivered through organic geographic expansion (additional offices and Texas coverage) and high-value case outcomes rather than technology investment or external capital. The firm is privately held and founder-controlled, with no disclosed funding, M&A, or institutional capital involvement.

Name

Morris & Dewett

Legal name

Morris and Dewett, LLC

Website

https://morrisdewett.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Morris & Dewett is a contingency-fee personal injury law firm with 13 attorneys across six Louisiana offices, also serving Texas. It has recovered over $1 billion for clients, including a $409 million record verdict in 2023, and operates on no-upfront-fee terms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Motor vehicle accidents
• Trucking accident representation
• Oilfield injury claims
• Maritime Jones Act

Headquarters

HQ city

Shreveport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee Legal Services: The firm operates exclusively on a contingency fee basis for personal injury cases. Clients pay no upfront fees; the firm's fee is a percentage of the recovery (only collected if the case is won). If there is no recovery, the client owes nothing. The firm finances its own cases internally, covering costs for expert witnesses, depositions, investigation, and court costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Morris & Dewett is a personal injury law firm providing contingency-fee legal representation to injured individuals across Louisiana and Texas. Core practice areas include motor vehicle accidents (car, truck, motorcycle, pedestrian, bicycle, rideshare), commercial trucking, oilfield and industrial accidents, maritime/Jones Act claims, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and workers compensation third-party claims. Clients pay no upfront fees; the firm finances case costs internally and earns a percentage only if money is recovered.

Product overview

Morris & Dewett is a personal injury law firm operating as a single integrated legal services platform offering comprehensive injury representation. The firm's service portfolio centers on its core personal injury legal services with specialized practice areas including motor vehicle accidents (cars, trucks, motorcycles), industrial/oilfield accidents, maritime and offshore injuries, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and workers compensation third-party claims. All services operate on a contingency fee basis with free case evaluations. The firm maintains offices across Louisiana and Texas and is led by founding partners Trey Morris and Justin Dewett.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Representation

Quantifiable outcome

• $409 Million historic verdict in Grantham case (Top 20 verdict in US for 2023)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Attorney Referral NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver half of the firm's caseload comes from attorney referrals. Other lawyers, including defense counsel, send Morris & Dewett their complex, high-stakes cases. The firm works with referring attorneys from first filing through trial end and teaches successful trial techniques.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Morgan & Morgan: The largest plaintiff personal injury firm in the United States, operating on a contingency fee model across dozens of practice areas and states. Directly comparable as a contingency-based PI firm with internal case financing and a heavy advertising/referral acquisition model.
• The Lanier Law Firm: Houston-based plaintiff firm with personal injury, mass tort, and commercial litigation practices. Comparable as a Gulf Coast contingency-fee PI firm with similar industrial/oilfield client base in Texas and Louisiana.
• Abraham Watkins: Houston-based catastrophic injury and commercial litigation firm. Comparable as a Texas plaintiff firm handling complex personal injury matters including industrial and motor vehicle cases on contingency.
• Bernstein & Poisson: Plaintiff personal injury firm handling motor vehicle, trucking, and catastrophic injury cases on contingency. Comparable as a contingency-fee PI firm with similar referral-based caseload and trial orientation.
• Neblett, Beard & Arsenault: Alexandria, Louisiana-based plaintiff personal injury and workers' compensation firm. Comparable as a regional Louisiana PI firm with similar industrial/oilfield client base and contingency fee model.
• Cellino Law: Personal injury firm with East Coast and national presence, contingency-based. Comparable as a brand-driven PI firm competing for motor vehicle and catastrophic injury cases on similar fee structures.
• Simmons Hanly Conroy: National plaintiff firm with deep mass tort, asbestos, and personal injury practices. Directly comparable as a contingency-fee PI firm specializing in complex, high-stakes litigation and accepting referrals from peer attorneys.
• Levin Papantonio Rafferty: Florida-based plaintiff firm specializing in mass tort and personal injury litigation on contingency. Directly comparable as a contingency-fee PI firm with documented trial verdict track record and referral-driven caseload.
• Goldberg Persky Jennings & White: Plaintiff firm specializing in personal injury, mass tort, and asbestos litigation. Comparable as a contingency-based PI firm accepting complex cases from peer attorney referrals with documented multi-million-dollar verdicts.
• Allen & Vardaman: Texas-based personal injury firm handling motor vehicle, trucking, and wrongful death cases. Comparable as a contingency-fee PI firm operating in adjacent Texas geography with similar referral-driven demand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/morris-dewett

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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