About Morgan Carroll
LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND:
Morgan Carroll represents Colorado Senate District 29. She serves as the Majority Caucus Chair of the Senate, the Chair of Senate Judiciary Committee and is a member of the Agriculture, Natural Resources & Energy Committee as well as the Legal Services Committee. She was appointed to serve on the Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission
She has previously served on the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the Legislative Audit Committee and the Legal Services Committee. Morgan was also Chair of the Interim Committee on Pinnacol Assurance.
Senate Democratic Leadership
BACK: Lois Tochtrop (Assistant Majority Leader), Morgan Carroll (Majority Caucus Chair), Mary Hodge (Chair, Joint Budget Committee)
FRONT: Betty Boyd (President Pro Tem), Brandon Shaffer (Senate President), John Morse (Majority Leader), Pat Steadman (Joint Budget Committee)
Morgan served in the Colorado House from 2005 - 2008 and served as Majority Caucus Chair, vice-chair of Judiciary Committee and on the Business Affairs and Labor committees. She served as a Commissioner to the National Commission on Uniform Laws, and to the Legislative Epidemic Response Committee.
Morgan was voted Rising Star, received the Excellence in Service Award from the National Guard Foundation, and was critic's and readers choice for Best Local Politician from the Aurora Sun Sentinel.
She has fought for homeowner's and private property rights, assistance for troops and veterans, health care and insurance reform, patients' rights, for better more efficient government, workers' rights, alternatives to litigation, lobby reforms, economic recovery and fiscal responsibility.
WORK BACKGROUND:
Morgan Carroll is an attorney who works for the Sawaya Law Firm. She previously and practiced law for ten years in the law firm of Bradley & Carroll, P.C. (a mother-daughter lawfirm). Her areas of legal emphasis have been on disability advocacy and helping ordinary people know and enforce their rights. Her decision to go to law school was motivated by a deep desire to help with social justice issues.
(Sen. Morgan Carroll and her mom-law partner Rebecca Bradley)
Before becoming an attorney, Morgan had been a manager in several large companies and had previously worked as a bookkeeper, paralegal, legal secretary, cashier. She spent signficant time doing customer service as part of each job.
www.bradleyandcarroll.com
EDUCATION:
Morgan Carroll received all of her education from the Colorado Public School system. She graduated from Boulder High School in 1990. She earned her BA in Psychology (with Distinction) and a minor in Political Science with emphasis on Indigenous Politics, was a Student Judge and graduated as Outstanding Graduating Senior in 1996 from CU Denver. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from CU School of Law in 2000 and was Class President, and co-founded Students for Justice in Northern Ireland. She was the recipient of several merit scholarships.
Boulder High School Graduation 1990
CU Denver Graduation 1997
CU Law Graduation 2000
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Morgan has traveled extensively and studied languages, comparative governments and political systems along the way. Her travels include: Austria, Belize, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, (Former) Soviet Union [Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Azherbaizhan], Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Morgan Carroll & Friend in Peruvian Jungle
Morgan Carroll on Huena Pichu with Macchu Pichu behind (Peru)
Morgan previously studied Kung Fu. She was a dancer for 16 years, choreographed and taught dance for 2 years. She performed with the Boulder Performing Arts Company. She studied flute, performed and competed in several music competitions. She also taught Hebrew at Har Ha Shem in Boulder. She co-founded the International Ethics Society with an emphasis on international human rights.
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Hobbies include: horse-back riding, reading, writing, home improvement, gardening, travel, languages, social justice activism.
THE HUMAN FAMILY
Rebecca Bradley (mom), Morgan, John Carroll (dad), Doug Bradley (brother)
Circa 1979
Her mom (
Rebecca Bradley) graduated from Aurora High School (now Aurora Central) was also her law partner who was a pioneer for women in college (math, engineering, Russian) and in law school (grad. 1966 DU). Her mom was active in helping Soviet Jewish Refuseniks escape the persecution they faced in former Soviet Union. She is a social activist dedicated to improving the world one person at a time -- through action.
Morgan's mom (Rebecca) with her Ocelot, Kulkukan.
Her father (
John Carroll) served in the Colorado Legislature 1964 - 1974 (Adams County), was also an attorney advocate and spoke 13 languages, and deciphered hieroglyphs. He was dedicated to improving the lives of workers and consumers. He died in 1998 from Parkinson's complications. He donated his body to scientific research in life and in his death. He was a passionate idealist and humanist, dedicated to helping people get justice.
Morgan's dad, John Carroll
Former Colorado State Representative Adams CountyMorgan's brother, Doug, is a father and a banker and lives in Colorado. Her sister, Margie, is a health care provider and lives in Colorado as well. Her sister, Debra, is a mother and nurse in Florida. Her sister, Barbara, is an artist and lives in the Bahamas. Her brother, Michael, is a father and genetist and lives in California.
She is also the PROUD aunt of
Jason,
Sarah,
Jayde and
Holly.
Morgan's Nepew Jason, and Niece's Holly, Sarah, Jayde
The Younger Years:
Doug (Morgan's Brother), Morgan, Rebecca (Morgan's mom), and John (Morgan's dad)
Morgan's brother, Doug and sister-in-law, SarinaIN LOVING MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN S. CARROLL(June 10, 1928 - January 29, 1998)
John S. Carroll, World Traveler, Linguist
Depicted with hieroglyphic rune-stones he helped translate
HOW WE CAME TO COLORADO
Morgan's paternal great-grandfather George T. Carroll spent his last years and ultimately died in Moffat County, Colorado in 1930. Her grandfather Earl T. Carroll was an attorney in private practice and farmer that lived in Routt, Baca, Gunnison, Delta, Boulder and Ouray Counties in Colorado. Her grandmother Sylvia Petrie Carroll also lived in Baca, Gunnison, Delta and Boulder Counties. She was a school teacher and superintendant of Gunnison Schools. Sylvia's family ininitially homesteaded in Baca County, CO from Kansas.
Morgan's maternal grand-parents, Tayler Cox and Margaret Boyd Cox moved to Colorado in the 1940's and lived in Aurora, Colorado, where Morgan's mom, Rebecca Bradley grew up and graduated from Aurora High School (now Aurora Central high school) -- in Morgan's current Senate District. Tayler was an airline pilot and Margaret was a full-time mother of 3 children. Margaret was killed by a drunk driver in Aurora in 1976.
THE FOUR-LEGGED FAMILY
Morgan's cat, Buddha, doing tech support.
(Photo: Pam Bennett)
Morgan's newest Cat, Pele, surveys her human subjects
(Photo: Morgan Carroll)
Pele had a baby, Zapata.
(Photo: Morgan Carroll)
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