Steven Morrison
Steven R. Morrison is a criminal defense attorney who practices in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and Maine. He joined Carney & Bassil in 2008, and has represented clients involving preliminary criminal investigations, grand juries, pre-trial discovery, sentencing, and motions practice. He also has experience with drafting petitions to the Sex Offender Registry Board.
In addition to representing clients, Mr. Morrison has written and had published a number of articles concerning Fourth Amendment search and seizure law, sex offender registries, Miranda warnings, and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. His latest article discusses the importance for a criminal defense attorney of having compassion toward his or her client.
Mr. Morrison obtained his B.A. from St. Louis University in 1998, and then served in Latvia in the Peace Corps for two years. He then earned his Master’s degree from the University of Bradford in England. Between 2002 and 2004, he worked at the Chicago Bar Association, was a research fellow at the DePaul University School of Law, and volunteered at the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic and Heartland Alliance, all in Chicago, Illinois. He entered Boston College Law School in 2004.
During his time there, he represented clients at the Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau and Greater Boston Legal Services, and worked at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. He graduated from law school in 2007 and in 2007-2008 clerked for the Hon. Warren M. Silver, associate justice of the State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Mr. Morrison believes that lawyers have a duty to serve the public interest, and that criminal defense attorneys have a special duty to do so because the stakes for their clients are so high. He welcomes anyone who feels they need legal advice or representation to call or e-mail him.
You may reach Steven at 617.338.5566 or by email at smorrison@carneybassil.com
articles by Steve Morrison
Toward a New Confessions Test: Replacing Voluntariness With Power
International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing (6.3 MB, PDF format)
Will to Power, Will to Reality, and Racial Profiling
Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy (3.3 MB, PDF format)
Creating Sex Offender Registries: The Religious Right and the Failure to Protect Society's Vulnerable
American Journal of Criminal Law (6 MB, PDF format)
Compassion and the Trial Lawyer
Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy (1 MB, PDF format)
Dehumanization and Re-Creation: A Lacanian Interpretation of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
The Dartmouth Law Journal (3.6 MB, PDF format)