Attorney Saul Morse, Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP, Springfield, Illinois

Saul J. Morse
Springfield, Illinois


phone	888-763-9594 217-280-4271
fax	(217) 241-3111
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Areas of Practice:: Health & Health Care Law; Government Contracts; Business Organizations; Constitutional Law

Bar Admissions:: Illinois, 1973; U.S. Federal Court, 1976; U.S. Supreme Court, 1979

Education:: University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1972
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence; University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1969
B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works:: Hospital Employment of Physicians After Berlin and Carter-Shields (with Robert John Kane), 91 Ill. B.J. 403, 2003; Advanced Practice Nurses and Diagnosis and Prescription: Illinois New Legal Landscape (with Robert John Kane), 89 Ill. B.J. 308, 2001; Nurses Lack Medical Diagnostic and Prescriptive Authority Under Illinois Law (with Robert John Kane), 83 Ill. B.J. 130, 1995; Deluna in Review: Upholding the Medical Malpractice Affidavit Requirement (with Elizabeth W. Anderson), 80 Ill. B.J. 454, 1992; Advanced Directives for Health Care Decisions, National Business Institutes, 1991; AIDS and the Law (with N. Lee Beneze), Illinois Medical Journal, Vol. 17, No. 12, 1987

Representative Clients:: ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Sharing our Strengths, United Cerebral Palsy and Illinois Department of Human Services, October 26, 2004; Adjunct Professor in Legal Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield, 2004 - Present; Health Law Annual Review: Employment of Physicians, Illinois State Bar Association Law Ed Series, 2003; M.D.-J.D. Joint Degree Program Externship Sponsor, Southern Illinois University, 1996 - 2002; Annual Conference and Seminar, Faculty National Association of Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans, 1998; Practicing Law in the 21st Century: Professionalism, Technology and Dispute Resolution, Illinois State Bar Association Allerton House Conference, 1998; Continuing Medical Education Annual Institute: role of the Hospital Medical Staff, Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, 1998; Patient Care and Professional Responsibility: Impact of the Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine and Related Laws and Regulations, National Health Lawyers Association Public Interest Colloquium, 1997; Continuing Medical Education, Illinois State Medical Society, 1994 - 1997; Elder Law, National Business Institutes, Inc., 1991; Continuing Medical Education, American College of Physicians, 1990; Continuing Medical Education: Department of Orthopedics: Rights of Disabled Children, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 1990; Continuing Medical Education: Antitrust Discipline, Illinois State Medical Society and American Medical Association, 1988 - 1990; Continuing Medical Education Faculty Member: Mandatory Reporting of Physician Disciplinary Matters, Illinois State Medical Society, 1983 - 1984; Ninth National Leadership Conference, National Center for the Study of the Presidency, 1978; Third Party Practice, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1978; Determinant Sentencing in Illinois, Sangamon State University, 1977; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical Humanities, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Honors and Awards:: Disabled Advocate of the Year, Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, 1985; Harold Scharper National Achievement Award, Delta Sigma Omicron Fraternity, 1972; Outstanding Young Men in America, 1980 - 1982; Special Chairman's Award, Illinois State Medical Society, 1987; Sue Suter Award, United Cerebral Palsy, Illinois Easter Seal Society, 1990; United Cerebral Palsy Land of Lincoln Outstanding Board Member, 1998; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994-2003; Who's Who of Emerging Young Leaders in America, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993-1994; Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 1996 - 2005; Who's Who in the Midwest, 1989 - 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Association of Medical Association Counsel; Member; American Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association Forum Committee on Health Law; Member; American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1987 - 1989; Vice Chairman, Medicine and Law Committee; American Health Lawyers Association; Member; American Medical Association/State Medical Society Litigation Center Executive Committee, 1999 - 2004; Vice Chairman (2001-2002), Chairman (2002-2004); Government Bar Association; Member; Illinois Association of Health Care Attorneys; Member; Illinois State Bar Association; Member; Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Insurance Programs, 1983 - 1987; Member; Illinois State Bar Association Section Council on Administrative Law, 1981 - 1982; Vice Chairman; Illinois State Bar Association Special Committee on the Disabled Lawyer, 1978 - 1982; Chairman (1982); Illinois State Bar Association Special Committee on Reform of the Legislative Process, 1976 - 1982; Member; National Guardians Association; Member; Republican National Committee Task Force on Transportation, 1979 - 1980; Member; Sangamon County Bar Association; Member, Chair of By-Laws Committee (1989-1990); Sangamon County Board Special Committee on Zoning and Land Use Planning, 1978 - Present; Member; Sangamon County Clerk Election Advisory Committee, 2004 - Present; Member; Sangamon County Community Foundation; Vice Chair, January 2010; Young Lawyers Section Committee on the Role of the Government Attorney, 1977 - 1980; Chairman; Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; Chairman

Past Employment Positions:: Illinois State Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Insurance Services, Inc. and Illinois State Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange, Vice President and General Counsel, 1992 - 2004; Morse, Giganti & Appleton, Managing Partner, 1987 - 1992; Private Practice (firms preceding Morse, Giganti & Appleton), Attorney, 1977 - 1987; Illinois Senate Minority Leader, Counsel, 1975 - 1977; Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Enforcement, Trial Attorney, 1973 - 1975; Illinois Commerce Commission, Motor Carrier Division Hearing Examiner, 1972 - 1973

Pro Bono Activities:: Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith, Out-State Board of Directors, St. Louis Region, 1985 - 1990; City of Leland Grove, Treasurer, 1999 - Present; Delta Sigma Omicron Service Fraternity; Emes Lodge, B'Nai B'Rith, Board of Directors, 1976 - 1979; Healing the Children, Central and Southern Illinois Chapter, Board of Directors, 1992 - 1995; Hope School, Board of Directors, 1996 - 2003; Springfield Center for Independent Living, Board of Directors, Vice President (1987) and President (1988-1989), 1984 - 1989; Springfield Jewish Community Relations Council, 1982 - 1985; Springfield Professional Baseball, L.L.C., President, 1998 - 2003; United Jewish Appeal, Springfield Jewish Federation, Pacesetters Division Co-Chair, 1988; United Jewish Appeal, Springfield Jewish Federation, Lawyers Division Chair, 1986 - 1987; United Jewish Appeal, Springfield Jewish Federation, Campaign Chairman; United Cerebral Palsy, Land of Lincoln, Board of Directors and Vice President of Administration (since 2002), 1990 - Present; United Way of Central Illinois, Inc., Board of Directors, 1991 - 1997; Visiting Nurse Association of Central Illinois, 2004 - 2007

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