Andrew P. Morriss

Andrew P. Morriss is dean of the School of Innovation, vice president for entrepreneurship and economic development, professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, and professor of law at Texas A&M University, and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.

His research focuses on international financial centers, business and environmental regulation, and empirical legal studies. He is the co-author of “Regulation by Litigation” and “The False Promise of Green Energy.”

Morriss previously served as dean of the Texas A&M University School of Law. Before joining Texas A&M, he held the D. Paul & Charlene A. Jones Chair in Law at the University of Alabama and was a visiting professor there. He earlier held the H. Ross & Helen Workman Professor of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also served as professor of business and a professor in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

Prior to that, he was director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation, associate dean for academic affairs, and the Galen J. Roush Professor of Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve University, where he also served as professor of law and associate professor of economics. Earlier in his career, he worked as a staff attorney at Texas Rural Legal Aid and clerked for U.S. District Judge Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. in the Northern District of Texas.

Morriss is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. His honors include the Dennis J. Jenks Memorial Award for Administrator of the Year.

He earned a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a J.D. with high honors and a master’s in public affairs from the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor’s, cum laude, from Princeton University. He also holds a master of educational psychology from Texas A&M University.