Meet Our Team

Ellen was born and raised in the State of Missouri and attended the University of Missouri–Columbia, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1980 and her Juris Doctorate in 1984. In 1985, she began working for an insurance defense firm (defending the big guys) and, while learning all of the corporate ins and outs of the insurance world, decided that this was not the place for her.

In 1998, Ellen left the world of insurance defense and opened her own law firm, which is now The Law Offices of Ellen E. Morgan, LLC, where she became the advocate for the worker and their families. Workers' Compensation is an area of special interest where she defends the rights of the worker and their families against the big insurance companies or self-insured employers. She has handled thousands of cases at the local level as well as going to the Supreme Court of Missouri to obtain the rightful benefits for workers and their families.

Ellen is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, and the Workers' Compensation Law and Advocacy Group (WILG), a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to representing the interests of millions of workers and their families who, each year, suffer the consequences of work-related injuries or occupational illnesses and who need expert legal assistance to obtain medical care and other relief under the workers' compensation laws. Ellen is also a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Women Lawyers' Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Ellen is a frequent presenter at various community events, does group presentations on Workers' Compensation, and is a frequent presenter at Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education Seminars.

In 2026, Ellen was awarded the True Grit Award from the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. The True Grit Award is awarded annually to the lawyer who best exemplifies the qualities of professionalism, ethics, character and courtroom success.

Ellen is a strong supporter of Kids' Chance, a national organization that supports the children of workers seriously or fatally injured on the job by providing scholarships to eligible children.

Ellen is also a fervent supporter of and volunteer at CARE STL, the Center for Animal Rescue and Enrichment of St. Louis, a designated Best Friends no-kill, open-admission shelter committed to saving and caring for the unwanted, abused, neglected, and homeless companion animals of the City of St. Louis.

Hans has practiced workers compensation law for 25 years. He has advised the Missouri Labor and Industrial Commission on appeals before them. He has counseled national and local businesses regarding the law and their respective liability. Hans has negotiated settlements, taken matters to trial before administrative law judges and arbitrators and handled appeals in front of the commission and court of appeals. He has managed associate attorneys and office staff. Hans has worked with injured workers to get them their rightful recovery under the workers compensation law in Missouri and Illinois.