Christopher J. Morey is a founding partner of Morey & Upton, LLP. Year after year, Mr. Morey has personally recovered millions of dollars for his clients and their families through verdicts and settlements. As a result, Mr. Morey has established himself as one of the state’s premiere personal injury attorneys. Mr. Morey prides himself on thoroughness of preparation, highly creative litigation tactics, and in treating every client as though they were most important in the office. Quite simply, often at his own expense, Mr. Morey will tenaciously fight to secure justice for his clients.

Mr. Morey is a native Californian and has spent most of his life in Huntington Beach, California. Mr. Morey is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys spending time with his wife and family. Outside of the law, Mr. Morey’s passions include motorcycle riding, mountain climbing, surfing, cycling, and running. Mr. Morey has run three marathons and also holds a Black Belt in hard style Japanese Karate issued by Shotokan Karate of America.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Morey raced professional and amateur motocross for more than twenty years. Mr. Morey began riding and racing motocross at age 5, in the late 1960's early 1970's when the sport was in its infancy in America. Thereafter, Mr. Morey earned a factory Suzuki sponsorship racing minicycles and became one of the top minicycle racers in the world, winning numerous local, national, and international events. Mr. Morey remains close with his many contacts in the motorcycling industry, and due to his unique knowledge of the industry and motorcycle operation, he has developed a practice representing individuals injured in motorcycle accidents and/or by defective motorcycle products.

Mr. Morey’s undergraduate education began when, due to academic excellence, he was invited to join the General Honors Program at California State University Long Beach. Thereafter, Mr. Morey received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Southern California with a major in Finance and Economics.

Mr. Morey attended law school at the University of San Diego, graduating with honors (cum laude) in 1990. Mr. Morey also did an externship at the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals with former Chief Justice, J. Clifford Wallace. Mr. Morey has twice since argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, resulting in two victories and two published opinions. (See Lee v. City of Beaumont and Hernandez v. H2O Houseboat Vacations, Inc.)

Mr. Morey’s memberships include the Consumer Attorneys Associations of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the State Bar of California. In addition, Mr. Morey has lectured to nursing students at California State University Long Beach re Avoidance of Malpractice.

Mr. Morey’s practice areas include motorcycle, bicycle, and auto accidents, products liability, all personal injury matters, employment discrimination, employer wage and hour abuse, elder abuse, actions on behalf of tenants against abusive landlords, and medical malpractice.

Born and raised in a small farming community in Illinois, starring as an offensive lineman on the gridiron throughout the Midwest, and putting himself through one of the most prestigious law schools in the country, Richard Dahl has combined family values, a team mentality, and old fashioned hard work to establish himself as a trustworthy, diligent, and talented personal injury attorney. 

Mr. Dahl received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from Knox College in Illinois , where he made the Dean’s List 9 Times, finished in the top 10% of his class, was named to the Mortar Board Honor Society, and received the prestigious Vinton C. Johnson Prize in Economics as the best graduating student in the department.  He was named to the Dean’s List, honored as a Harno Fellow, and named to the University of Illinois Law Review at University of Illinois Law School before obtaining his Juris Doctorate in 1989 from the highly-acclaimed University of Chicago Law School.  Mr. Dahl promptly opened The Dahl Law Firm where for over 16 years he specialized in plaintiff personal injury matters. Mr. Dahl’s empathetic approach to his clients and unparalleled work ethic quickly garnered him a reputation as a formidable and well-respected attorney, resulting in his nomination as a “rising star” in Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine.  

Mr. Dahl specializes in personal injury advocacy including bodily injury, property, underinsured, and uninsured motorist matters. In addition he has successfully represented clients in dog bite and slip and fall matters.  He also has represented clients in products liability and medical malpractice matters, including chemical poisoning and asbestos cases.  Mr. Dahl is a savvy and seasoned litigator whose employment practice includes representing plaintiffs in wage and hour class action lawsuits, breach of contract matters, and discrimination cases. 

Mr. Dahl is an active member of the State Bar of California, certified to practice in the United States District Court, Central District of California.  He is also an active member of the State Bars of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois and is certified to practice in the United States District Court, Central District of Illinois as well as the Unites States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.  Mr Dahl is an active, contributing member of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association and Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association. 

With deep commitment to extending his family-centered values to those he represents, Mr. Dahl takes special care to shepherd his clients through each and every step of their case.  An innovative litigator, he combines a vigilant work ethic centered in this country’s proud farming heritage with an offensive lineman mentality that makes him not only relentless in his pursuit of justice, but committed to a team building mentality that extends not only to his staff, but to each and every member of the families he represents.