Secrest Wardle Senior Partner and Co-Managing Partner, Mark E. Morley, to Serve on Alma College President’s Advisory Council

Mark E. Morley, Co-Managing Partner and Senior Partner at Secrest Wardle, will serve on the Alma College President’s Advisory Council (PAC) beginning in 2017. Members of the President’s Advisory Council invest their time and leadership in the college by providing important counsel to the President and Board of Trustees related to their visions and future plans. Mr. Morley will serve a term of three years with the option of serving multiple and consecutive terms.

While acting as a member of the President’s Advisory Council, Mr. Morley will attend annual meetings of the PAC, and provide Alma College with advice regarding its goals and programs. He will also aid the college in enhancing its image and encouraging others to take an interest in its mission. Using his significant experience and perspective as a business leader, he will assist Alma College in significantly increasing its visibility as an outstanding liberal arts college in the state and region.

From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Morley served as President of the Alma College Alumni Association. Within that role, he presided at all meetings of the Alumni Board and Executive Committee. He was also responsible for advising the Director of Alumni Engagement and other College administrators with regard to areas relating to alumni including activities, learning, young alumni seminars, fundraising, and student recruitment. In 1990, Mr. Morley received the college’s esteemed George Hebert Award. This award is presented to alumni for their loyalty and service to Alma College and to the Alumni Association.

Mark E. Morley possesses over four decades of successful courtroom experience. He is highly-regarded as an excellent defense litigator and an aggressive defender of his clients' interests. He has tried in excess of 60 jury trials to verdict. Mr. Morley has received an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell and is a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, the Defense Research Institute, and the International Association of Defense Counsel. He was also selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America©, 2016 and 2017 editions, in Troy, MI, in the practice areas of Litigation-Insurance and Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants.

Alma College, located in Alma, Michigan, is a liberal arts college whose mission is to prepare graduates who think critically, serve generously, lead purposefully, and live responsibly as stewards of the world they bequeath to future generations.

Secrest Wardle is a law firm specializing in defense litigation and counsel for insurance, municipal, and commercial clients headquartered in Troy, Michigan, with additional offices in Grand Rapids and Lansing. For more information, please visit www.secrestwardle.com