Bio

• Morgan Westhues, a proud native of Fayette, MO, graduated magna cum laude from William Woods University in 2015 with a degree in Political/Legal Studies. Morgan was actively involved in many organizations in college, including mock trial team, University Ambassadors, President’s Twenty, and Chi Omega Sorority. Morgan began her legal education at the University of Missouri School of Law in 2015, where she enjoyed serving as Managing Editor of the Business Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review and studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa. After graduating law school in 2018, Morgan worked as an associate attorney at Schreimann, Rackers & Francka, L.L.C. in Jefferson City, MO for the next five years, where she specialized in civil defense litigation and insurance coverage. Morgan began working as an Assistant Attorney General in July 2023 where she currently serves as the Unit Leader of the Labor Division in the Jefferson City office. While Morgan has had many accomplishments throughout her lifetime thus far, her biggest accomplishment is the numerous, close friendships she’s made along the way.

Practice Areas

• Workers’ Compensation Defense

Admitted to Practice:

• Court, Year: Missouri, 2018
• Court, Year: S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2021

Education

• University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, MO

  Juris Doctor, May 2018

  Honors: Morgan B. Westhues, Comment, Overtime Overruled: Why the New Department of Labor Overtime Regulations Should Not Go Into Effect, 2 Bus., Entrepreneurship, & Tax L. Rev. 227 (2018); 2016 Client Counseling Competition Champion; 2016 Spring Moot Court Top 10 Oral Advocate

  Activities: Study Abroad: Cape Town, South Africa; Managing Editor of the Business Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review; Women’s Law Association; Black Law Students Association; Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society; School of Law Ambassador

• William Woods University, Fulton, MO

  Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, May 2015

  Major: Political/Legal Studies Minor: English

  Honors: Dean’s List (4 semesters), Who’s Who Among Students; Political/Legal Studies Distinguished Scholar; Outstanding Greek Freshman of the Year; Chi Omega Model Initiate

  Activities: Phi Alpha Delta; Mock Trial Team Member; University Ambassador, President’s Twenty; Omicron Delta Kappa; National Society of Leadership and Success (Sigma Alpha Pi); Students Today Alumni Tomorrow; Chi Omega Sorority

Professional Affiliations

• The Missouri Bar, Member (September 2018)
• Cole County Bar Association, Member (September 2018)