Mr. Morris A. Anyah
Top Criminal Defense and Criminal Appeals Attorney in Chicago
Experience:
29 years
Morris Anyah | Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
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About Morris
Morris A. Anyah is a trial lawyer with an international reputation for excellence. He brings a wealth of experience (over 20 years) and skill to the cases that he handles. He is a former Cook County prosecutor and war crimes attorney at The Hague who now handles some of the most complex criminal and civil cases before the courts. He founded his law firm with the objective of providing the highest quality of legal representation to persons charged with, or convicted of, serious crimes and those who have sustained serious personal injury due to the negligence, recklessness, or willfulness of others. He has served as lead trial or appellate counsel in several high-profile cases before national and international courts. He recently obtained an acquittal for a defendant charged with six counts of first degree murder, after a jury trial before the Circuit Court of Cook County. He represented former Liberian president Charles Taylor at his war crimes trial in The Hague between 2007 and 2012 and he has argued some of the most important genocide cases on appeal before international tribunals, including that against the former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Jean Kambanda. A former prosecutor in Chicago and at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Attorney Anyah has also represented victims of post-election violence in Kenya before the International Criminal Court. In addition to his criminal law practice in Chicago, Attorney Anyah has represented indigent defendants charged with capital felonies in the Atlanta metropolitan area. His experience also extends to plaintiffs’ civil rights and personal injury litigation, and he has filed suits and won significant monetary compensation for injured victims in cases involving wrongful death, medical malpractice, and automobile accidents. Attorney Anyah’s winning strategy has made him the pre-eminent, “go to” lawyer when people in and around Chicago search for a criminal defense or appellate attorney, a civil rights attorney, or a personal injury lawyer. He is admitted to the bars of several U.S., jurisdictions, including, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and Georgia, and to the List of Counsel at the International Criminal Court at The Hague, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. His commitment and dedication to his clients and their cases are unwavering, and his experience as a trial litigator leaves him uniquely-placed to successfully handle the most complex of cases.
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Experience
Attorney At Law
Law Office of Morris A. Anyah, LLC
2002 - Present
Defense Attorney to former Liberian President
The UN Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague
2007 - 2013
Attorney for 233 Kenyan Victims
The International Criminal Court
2011 - 2012
Admission
District of Columbia
1998
Georgia
1998
Illinois
1996
Education
The Hague Academy of International Law
Certificate of Attendance
2000
University of Illinois at Chicago
MA (Criminal Justice)
1993
University of Illinois at Chicago
BA (Criminal Justice)
1991
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois Member2017 - Present
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Illinois State Bar Association Member2015 - Present
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Bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Member2014 - Present
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Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Member2014 - Present
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International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition Member, Advisory Board2013 - Present
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List of Legal Reatives for Victims at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Memberpresent / 2012 - Present
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African Journal of Legal Studies Advisory Board2011 - Present
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List of Counsel at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Member2011 - Present
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List of Counsel at the International Criminal Court Member2011 - Present
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List of Counsel at the Special Court for Sierra Leone Member2007 - Present
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Bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Member2002 - Present
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Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Member2002 - Present
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District of Columbia Bar Member1998 - Present
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State Bar of Georgia Member1998 - Present
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General Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Member1996 - Present
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Illinois Bar Member1996 - Present
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School of Criminal Justice, American Intercontinental University at Dunwoody, Atlanta Member, Advisory Board2006 - 2007
Honors / Awards
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Top 100 Trial Lawyers National Trial Lawyers2018
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10 Best for Client Satisfaction American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys2016
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Alumnus of the Year Award University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Criminology, Law and Justice2015
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CALI Award for excellent achievement Judeo-Christian Ethics University of Dayton School of Law1996
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CALI Award for excellent achievement Jurisprudence University of Dayton School of Law1995
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Phi Kappa Phi University of Illinois at Chicago1993
Notable Work
Cases
Appeals Judgment in the War Crimes Case against former Liberian President, Charles Taylor
Attorney Morris A. Anyah served as the lead appeals counsel to former Liberian president Charles Taylor during his war crimes case at The Hague. The Prosecutor vs. Charles Ghankay Taylor, Judgment, Case No. SCSL-03-01-A, UN Special Court for Sierra Leone (Appeals Chamber), September 26, 2013, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Publications
The International Criminal Court in Search of its Purpose and Identity "Balancing Rights of the Accused with Rights of Victims before the International Criminal Court" (Chapter 4)
2015
ation to Students at the Center for Criminal Defense "International Criminal Practice and Comparisons to National Practice”
Present / 2015
The First Ten Years of the International Criminal Court: Achievements and Challenges “Balancing Rights of the Accused with Rights of Victims before the International Criminal Court”
2013
American Bar Association, Fall Meeting “Making Space for ‘Ethics’ in the Investigation and Prosecution of International Crimes”
2013
T.M.C. Asser Institute, Supranational Criminal Law Lectures Series “Victims’ Participation in the Kenyan Cases before the International Criminal Court”
2012
ation Sponsored by the Open Society Justice Initiative “Defense’s Perspective of the Charles Taylor Trial and Sentence”
Present / 2012
Paris Bar Association “Lawyers’ Immunity before International Criminal Jurisdiction”
2011
36 University of Dayton Law Review 3: 295 297 “In Memoriam: Francis J. Conte"
2011
Additional Info
Law Office of Morris A. Anyah, LLC. Highlights
Criminal, White Collar Crime, Personal Injury, Civil Rights, Criminal Appeals
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