Biography
Morris Turek owns and operates the law firm of Your Trademark Attorney. He focuses his practice of law exclusively on federal trademark registration, trademark infringement litigation, adversarial proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, domain name disputes, and unfair competition issues. He especially enjoys counseling, advising, and serving the needs of small and medium-sized businesses and organizations. His clients are located throughout the United States and span a wide range of different industries.
Prior to forming Your Trademark Attorney in early 2009, Morris worked with a well-known trademark attorney for nearly five years, during which time he had the opportunity to assist hundreds of individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions with a variety of interesting and challenging trademark and copyright matters. He prepared and filed over 650 federal trademark applications during that time and was an attorney of record in a number of trademark infringement lawsuits and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings.
Morris is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Missouri, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He is also eligible to practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. In addition, Morris has been granted admission to practice pro hac vice in a number of state and federal courts nationwide.
Morris is a proud member of the Missouri Bar, the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), the St. Charles County Bar Association, and the St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA). He currently serves as the Chair of the BAMSL Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Section, and is the co-author of an article titled “Trademarks for the General Practitioner,” which was published in the Summer 2006 issue of the St. Louis Bar Journal.
Morris has taught a continuing education course on trademark and copyright at a St. Louis area community college, and has spoken many times to adult students participating in an entrepreneurial program organized by the University of Missouri. He also had the honor of presenting a continuing legal education seminar on trademark law to members of the Missouri Bar at its annual Solo and Small Firm Conference.