Overview
Chris Morillo is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson.
Chris rejoins the firm after clerking for the Honorable Michael W. Fitzgerald in the Central District of California.
Chris earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he received the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize and was named a three-time James Kent Scholar. He also served as managing editor of the Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems and was a finalist in the 99th Annual Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Competition, winning the award for best written brief. Chris received his A.B. in history and public policy from Brown University, where he was president of the Brown Debating Union, one of the nation’s oldest debating societies.
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Litigation
Multiple higher education clients in First Amendment and civil rights matters related to the wave of campus protests arising from the events in Israel and Gaza after Oct. 7, 2023.
Individual and organizational plaintiffs in challenging the California Department of Corrections immigration enforcement policies that refer hundreds of people in custody every year to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even if they are U.S. citizens.