Frances McMorris is currently the secretary for TBABJ and a content marketing specialist for a global consulting firm that focuses on legal, insurance and engineering matters.
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For a number of years, Frances reported on legal issues in state and federal courts as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, The New York Law Journal and Newsday. She covered some of the biggest trials in New York City, ranging from securities fraud to terrorism.
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She later served as editor-in-chief and editorial director of On Wall Street, a trade magazine and website for financial advisers. After that, she worked as a senior vice president of marketing and communications with Guy Carpenter & Company, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, where she wrote about complex issues such as big data, predictive analytics and catastrophe bonds.
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In December 2015 she relocated to Florida and covered law firms, legal disputes, the airports, and tourism for the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
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Frances is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law and admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars. She is a former president of the Newswomen’s Club of New York, the first and oldest professional organization for female journalists in the country. She also served as secretary of the Anne O’Hare McCormick Memorial Fund, which awards annual scholarships to talented women attending Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in Manhattan.