Morris R. Borea

Morris R. Borea is a Partner and Trial Counsel in MKCI’s Hartford, CT office. Morris is an accomplished trial lawyer who has represented corporations, municipalities and individuals in numerous jury trials and bench trials in State and Federal Courts in multiple jurisdictions. His practice includes product liability, professional negligence, and general liability claims, multi-million-dollar commercial tax appeals, inverse condemnation, eminent domain, and deprivation of Constitutional rights cases, and commercial litigation, as well as Public Entity and Non-Profit representation. Morris has also previously handled complex trade secret litigation, Qui Tam, False Claims Act (FCA) and whistleblower claims, and claims involving fraud, Unfair Trade Practices, excess coverage claims, and insurance bad faith litigation.

Morris is also a well-known municipal lawyer and has represented cities and towns in central Connecticut for over 30 years. As the Rocky Hill Town Attorney, he was lead counsel in the landmark Rocky Hill v. SecureCare Realty case, where the Connecticut State Supreme Court held that Towns and Municipalities could enforce their local zoning regulations against enterprises performing services for the State and could bring actions to collect real estate taxes against such entities. Though the Town lost in the trial court, the Supreme Court’s complete reversal of the trial court’s decision in the SecureCare case is typical of Morris’s belief that if he cannot find a way he will make a way to successfully represent his clients.

In addition to his work as a trial lawyer, Morris has served as outside General Counsel to two mid-sized manufacturing companies and three non-profits (The Woodstock Fair, UNICO National and Live-Kind, LLC). He is currently a Trustee of the UNICO National Foundation, which awards grants for Cancer Research, Food Banks, Homeless Shelters, Mental Health Programs, and Scholarships. For over 20 years he was Chair of the Wethersfield Zoning Board of Appeals. He was also a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Continuing Legal Education Committee from 1996 to 2022 and presented over 20 statewide programs on Trial Practice, including Evidence, Bad Faith Claims, and Examination of Expert Witnesses. He has also lectured on municipal and governmental liability, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the trial of a tax appeal and eminent domain litigation. He has been named a Connecticut Super Lawyer in General Litigation since 2010.

Morris obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Psychology from Trinity College, Hartford.