Watch Tom Morrison’s recent podcast sponsored by the Scoville Library and Noble Horizons
The Lakeville Journal recently highlighted “Torts ‘R’ Us” and “Please Pass the Torts”
Marshall Miles Interviews Thomas Morrison, Author, “Please Pass the Torts”
BY EDITOR on JANUARY 14, 2022
Listen to Tom’s recent radio interview with Marshall Miles.
Barnes and Noble Book Signing
Tom recently did a book signing at the Barnes and Noble in Westport, CT.
Did you know that Tom writes his books the old school way? As Tom explains, “After I retired, I learned to sleep in. I write late morning, usually until lunch. One thing I never changed was writing with an old school #2 pencil on a legal pad and later translating it over to a computer for my editor. I typically use one legal pad per chapter.”
And here are said legal pads:
Tom Morrison talks to The Morning Juice Podcast
What’s better than one Tom? How about two! On this week’s episode of The Morning Juice, kglobal’s Tom Frank was joined by our client Tom Morrison who recently published his second book Please Pass The Tort$. The Toms talked all things torts and false advertising law. If you want more of Tom Morrison, we worked with the New York Post on a recent book review (https://nypost.com/2021/12/04/lawyer-writes-satirical-books-about-his-old-profession/) or you can check out his book on Amazon.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-prefer-a-torte/id1589305354?i=1000544101452
New Book Release: Discover Please Pass The Tort$ - A Comic Novel Written By The Dean Of False Advertising Law On Shelves Today
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Author T.C. Morrison has just announced the release of his highly anticipated book, Please Pass The Tort$ – a legal farce. This delightful novel highlights the absurdity of numerous class-action cases featuring fun-loving lawyers, wacky clients and exasperated judges, in a field where most modern cases benefit no one except lawyers.
Retired New York trial and appellate lawyer Thomas Morrison spent 50 years representing major corporations in trials and appeals, particularly false advertising, trademark and unfair competition cases. He argued and won numerous high-profile trials for major consumer brands such as Pizza Hut, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, TIME Magazine, and Hertz. Please Pass The Tort$ is written with humor and parlance that only comes from a depth of legal experience. Morrison pokes fun at his own profession, capturing the trials and tribulations of human behavior and making this journey an enjoyable read for anyone with a funny bone.
Please Pass The Tort$ showcases two twin brothers, Patrick A. Peters (“Pap”) and Prescott U. Peters (“Pup”), both lawyers with a distinctive eye for opportunity. Pap convinces Pup, who is a good attorney despite having gone to Yale Law School, that they should leave their respective big-firm practices in New York City to start up a hopefully lucrative practice as plaintiffs’ class action lawyers. T.C. is a Lakeville, Connecticut resident paying homage to familiar places including Weston, CT; Westport; Greenwich; Bridgeport; and Hartford, where Pap and former circus clown turned public relations consultant, Jack N. Boks, present a plan to a State legislative committee to rejuvenate Connecticut’s economy by turning CT into a mecca for tort lawsuits.
Please Pass The Tort$ is a sequel to Tort$ ”R” Us, which received dozens of gold star reviews on Amazon. You can learn more about the book by clicking here https://www.tortsmediakit.com/ or you may purchase the book on Amazon today.
The author is an entertaining storyteller and available for interviews.
For more information, please contact Carolyn McLean at Carolyn.McLean@kglobal.com or 502-409-1982.
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“Please Pass The Tort$ - A Comic Novel Poking Fun at Lawyers and their Frivolous Cases.”
MAINstreet Magazine
October 18, 2021
Renowned New York trial and appellate lawyer Thomas Morrison, known as the Dean of False Advertising Law, spent five decades in the courtroom where he argued and won numerous high-profile trials for major consumer brands such as Pizza Hut, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Hertz. Please Pass The Tort$ is the second installment in Morrison’s new career as a writer of legal farce. His books concoct numerous outrageous cases featuring fun-loving lawyers, wacky clients and exasperated judges, mainly in the class action field where most modern cases benefit no one except lawyers.
“I thought it would be fun to take actual events from the world of modern litigation and twist them into farcical episodes,” said Morrison. ”I also believe there is much laughter in the litigation world, including some of my own amusing cases. In both of my books I capitalize on my years of experience trying and defending cases for large corporations.”
Please Pass The Tort$ allows the reader to follow two twin brothers, Patrick A. Peters (“Pap”) and Prescott U. Peters (“Pup”) both lawyers with a distinctive eye for opportunity. Pap convinces Pup, who is a good attorney despite having gone to Yale Law School, that they should leave their respective big-firm practices in New York City to start up a hopefully lucrative practice as plaintiffs’ class action lawyers.
The brothers meet a variety of zany people as they embark on a resourceful and unique approach to lawyer-client relationships, all inspired by actual court cases and current events.
Written with humor and parlance that only comes from a depth of legal experience, Morrison captures the trials and tribulations of human behavior that strike a chord with every reader.
Please Pass The Tort$ is a sequel to Tort$ ”R” Us, which received dozens of gold star reviews on Amazon. You can learn more about the book by clicking here www.tortsmediakit.com or you may purchase the book on Amazon.
No “Objections” From The Critics…Introducing Please Pass The Tort$ - A Comic Novel Poking Fun At Lawyers And Their Frivolous Cases.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Renowned New York trial and appellate lawyer Thomas Morrison, known as the Dean of False Advertising Law, spent five decades in the courtroom where he argued and won numerous high-profile trials for major consumer brands such as Pizza Hut, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Hertz. Please Pass The Tort$ is the second installment in Morrison’s new career as a writer of legal farce. His books concoct numerous outrageous cases featuring fun-loving lawyers, wacky clients and exasperated judges, mainly in the class action field where most modern cases benefit no one except lawyers.
“I thought it would be fun to take actual events from the world of modern litigation and twist them into farcical episodes,” said Morrison. ”I also believe there is much laughter in the litigation world, including some of my own amusing cases. In both of my books I capitalize on my years of experience trying and defending cases for large corporations.”
Please Pass The Tort$ allows the reader to follow two twin brothers, Patrick A. Peters (“Pap”) and Prescott U. Peters (“Pup”) both lawyers with a distinctive eye for opportunity. Pap convinces Pup, who is a good attorney despite having gone to Yale Law School, that they should leave their respective big-firm practices in New York City to start up a hopefully lucrative practice as plaintiffs’ class action lawyers.
The brothers meet a variety of zany people as they embark on a resourceful and unique approach to lawyer-client relationships, all inspired by actual court cases and current events.
Written with humor and parlance that only comes from a depth of legal experience, Morrison captures the trials and tribulations of human behavior that strike a chord with every reader.
Please Pass The Tort$ is a sequel to Tort$ ”R” Us, which received dozens of gold star reviews on Amazon. You can learn more about the book by clicking here https://www.tortsmediakit.com or you may purchase the book on Amazon. The author is a dynamic speaker and is available now for interviews.
For more information, please contact Carolyn McLean at Carolyn.McLean@kglobal.com or 502-409-1982.
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SOURCE Please Pass The Tort$
T. C. Morrison’s latest discussion with Scoville Library and Noble Horizons
An Attorney Takes on Attorneys — Who ‘Take Themselves too Seriously’
TriCornerNews: from The Lakeville Journal and The Millerton News
Books
December 23, 2020
By PATRICK L. SULLIVAN
Tom Morrison, of Salisbury, Conn., lampoons the legal world in his first novel, “Torts ‘R’ Us,” published this fall and available at Oblong Books in Millerton, N.Y., and Salisbury Pharmacy.
Morrison will discuss the book with Bill Littauer, a retired network newsman who also lives in Salisbury, at an online event sponsored by Noble Horizons (also in Salisbury, Conn.) on Thursday, Jan. 7, at7 p.m. (go to www.noblehorizons.org for details.)
The story revolves around the Peters brothers, Patrick A. (known as “Pap”) and Prescott U. (aka “Pup”) as they leave their comfortable perches in established New York law firms and start their own firm, specializing in class-action lawsuits.
This in turn takes them to New York City strip clubs and to the murky world of Midwestern college basketball.
Along the way there’s a woman who does battle with environmentalists over geese removal, a website that publishes mugshots, and a pulchritudinous paralegal.
If it all sounds somewhat familiar, that’s because the various subplots are “inspired by real cases,” Morrison said in a phone interview.
Asked why an experienced, respectable attorney nearing his well-earned retirement would write a broadly farcical novel making fun of his profession, Morrison was clear: “Lawyers take themselves too seriously.”
Although in his half-century of practice he didn’t do much class-action work, Morrison said he believed that many such lawsuits are frivolous “and should not be brought.”
Referring to the phenomenon of a person receiving a letter inviting the recipient to participate in a class-action suit, Morrison said most of the money from a victory will go to the lawyers involved.
“You’ll get $1.78 and some coupons.”
(Such as the Victoria’s Secret gift certificate which is part of the settlement for the book’s strippers.)
Morrison has a lot of fun with names — the incontestably preppy Pap and Pup, the well-known pharmaceutical company Jumpsum and Gypsum, busybody Nina Nosenyourbus and the Friends of Geese, Groundhogs and Yaks (FROGGY).
Asked if he was worried that his satire might strike someone as actionable, Morrison was sanguine.
“I wish they would,” he laughed. “It would increase sales.”
And for those who don’t agree with the words, “It’s only funny until someone files a lawsuit,” there are now virtual online tours of Ralph Nader’s American Museum of Tort Law in his hometown of Winsted, Conn. Famous tort law cases are explained in snappy short text boxes illustrated with cartoons. Go to www.tortmuseum.org.