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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Morgan Daniel Meyer
| image =
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative<br> for District 108
| term_start=January 13, 2015
| term_end=
| preceded=Dan Branch
| succeeded=
| birth_date=August 8, 1974
| birth_place=
| residence=[[University Park, Texas|University Park]], [[Texas]]
| alma_mater=[[Southern Methodist University]]<br>
Washington and Lee University School of Law
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse =Keana Bucher Meyer
| children=Three children
| occupatiopn=[[Attorney]] and [[business]]man
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| website=[https://morganmeyerfortexas.com/]
}}
'''Morgan Daniel Meyer''' (born August 8, 1974) is an [[attorney]] with [[Bracewell & Giuliani]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]],<ref name=bracewell>{{cite web|url=http://www.bracewellgiuliani.com/people/morgan-d-meyer|title=Morgan D. Meyer|publisher=bracewellgiuliani.com|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> who is a state representative of District 108 in Dallas County. He succeeded the twelve-year House veteran [[Dan Branch]], who ran unsuccessfully in the May 27, 2014 runoff election for state attorney general but was defeated by then state Senator [[Ken Paxton]]. Branch endorsed Meyer as his successor in the House runoff election.<ref name=campaignflyer/>
==Background==
From a family of six children,<ref name=aboutmorgan/> Meyer graduated in 1996 from [[Southern Methodist University]] in [University Park,<ref name=bracewell/> which he attended on a scholarship. He was an intern for former [[U.S. Representative]] Larry Combest of Texas's 19th congressional district, based about [[Lubbock]].<ref name=aboutmorgan>{{cite web|url=http://morganmeyerfortexas.com/about-morgan-meyer/|title=About Morgan Meyer|publisher=morganmeyerfortexas.com|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> In 1999, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, [[Virginia]].<ref name=bracewell/>
Meyer resides in University Park with his wife, the former Keana Bucher, and their three children, Katharine, Elizabeth, and Asher. He is a [[Sunday school]] teacher in the [[United Methodist]] Church. He is a past officer of the Greater Dallas Pachyderm Club, an organization which promotes the Republican Party.<ref name=aboutmorgan/>
==Legal and political life==
Meyer counsels for Bracewell and Giuliani in complex commercial litigation and appeals in the areas of [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]], [[telecommunications]], [[intellectual property]], consumer finance, banking, employment disputes, [[real estate]], landlord/tenant issues, construction, equipment leasing, and [[bankruptcy]] proceedings. Since 2004, he has been repeatedly named by Thomson Reuters among ''Texas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars."<ref name=bracewell/>
In his bid for the state House, Meyer on May 27, 2014 handily defeated private equity partner Chart Hampton Westcott (born 1985) of Dallas, his intraparty runoff opponent, 8,551 votes (74.4 percent) to 2,935 (25.6 percent.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican Runoff Election Returns, May 27, 2014.</ref> The campaign was heated and personal; in July, two months after the runoff voting, a flyer, signed by [[Dallas Cowboys]] [[football]] star [[Troy Aikman]], was mistakenly mailed to voters asking for support for Westcott, a spokesman for the [[conservative]] Traditional Values Coalition. Westcott apologized for the mistake and said that he fully endorsed Meyer in the [[general election]] despite their primary rivalry.<ref name=campaignflyer>{{cite web|url=http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/failed-texas-house-candidate-chart-westcott-says-campaign-mailer-was-sent-in-error.html/|title=Former Texas House candidate Chart Westcott says campaign mailer was sent in error|author=Melissa Repko|date=July 29, 2014|publisher=''The Dallas Morning News''|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref>
In the general election on November 4, 2014, Meyer defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] Leigh Bailey, who is also a lawyer, 24,973 votes (60.7 percent) to 16,182 (39.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 4, 2014.</ref>
Meyer's District 108 includes Park Cities, Uptown, Downtown Dallas, Old East Dallas, Bluffview, Preston Hollow, Highland Park, and University Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://morganmeyerfortexas.com/hd-108/|title=House District 108|publisher=morganmeyerfortexas.com|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> He won his fourth consecutive House term in the general election held on November 3, 2020.
==References==
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| name=Morgan Daniel Meyer
| image =
|office=[[Texas]] State Representative<br> for District 108
| term_start=January 13, 2015
| term_end=
| preceded=Dan Branch
| succeeded=
| birth_date=August 8, 1974
| birth_place=
| residence=[[University Park, Texas|University Park]], [[Texas]]
| alma_mater=[[Southern Methodist University]]<br>
Washington and Lee University School of Law
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse =Keana Bucher Meyer
| children=Three children
| occupatiopn=[[Attorney]] and [[business]]man
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| website=[https://morganmeyerfortexas.com/]
}}
'''Morgan Daniel Meyer''' (born August 8, 1974) is an [[attorney]] with [[Bracewell & Giuliani]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]],<ref name=bracewell>{{cite web|url=http://www.bracewellgiuliani.com/people/morgan-d-meyer|title=Morgan D. Meyer|publisher=bracewellgiuliani.com|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> who is a state representative of District 108 in Dallas County. He succeeded the twelve-year House veteran [[Dan Branch]], who ran unsuccessfully in the May 27, 2014 runoff election for state attorney general but was defeated by then state Senator [[Ken Paxton]]. Branch endorsed Meyer as his successor in the House runoff election.<ref name=campaignflyer/>
==Background==
From a family of six children,<ref name=aboutmorgan/> Meyer graduated in 1996 from [[Southern Methodist University]] in [University Park,<ref name=bracewell/> which he attended on a scholarship. He was an intern for former [[U.S. Representative]] Larry Combest of Texas's 19th congressional district, based about [[Lubbock]].<ref name=aboutmorgan>{{cite web|url=http://morganmeyerfortexas.com/about-morgan-meyer/|title=About Morgan Meyer|publisher=morganmeyerfortexas.com|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> In 1999, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, [[Virginia]].<ref name=bracewell/>
Meyer resides in University Park with his wife, the former Keana Bucher, and their three children, Katharine, Elizabeth, and Asher. He is a [[Sunday school]] teacher in the [[United Methodist]] Church. He is a past officer of the Greater Dallas Pachyderm Club, an organization which promotes the Republican Party.<ref name=aboutmorgan/>
==Legal and political life==
Meyer counsels for Bracewell and Giuliani in complex commercial litigation and appeals in the areas of [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]], [[telecommunications]], [[intellectual property]], consumer finance, banking, employment disputes, [[real estate]], landlord/tenant issues, construction, equipment leasing, and [[bankruptcy]] proceedings. Since 2004, he has been repeatedly named by Thomson Reuters among ''Texas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars."<ref name=bracewell/>
In his bid for the state House, Meyer on May 27, 2014 handily defeated private equity partner Chart Hampton Westcott (born 1985) of Dallas, his intraparty runoff opponent, 8,551 votes (74.4 percent) to 2,935 (25.6 percent.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican Runoff Election Returns, May 27, 2014.</ref> The campaign was heated and personal; in July, two months after the runoff voting, a flyer, signed by [[Dallas Cowboys]] [[football]] star [[Troy Aikman]], was mistakenly mailed to voters asking for support for Westcott, a spokesman for the [[conservative]] Traditional Values Coalition. Westcott apologized for the mistake and said that he fully endorsed Meyer in the [[general election]] despite their primary rivalry.<ref name=campaignflyer>{{cite web|url=http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/failed-texas-house-candidate-chart-westcott-says-campaign-mailer-was-sent-in-error.html/|title=Former Texas House candidate Chart Westcott says campaign mailer was sent in error|author=Melissa Repko|date=July 29, 2014|publisher=''The Dallas Morning News''|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref>
In the general election on November 4, 2014, Meyer defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] Leigh Bailey, who is also a lawyer, 24,973 votes (60.7 percent) to 16,182 (39.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 4, 2014.</ref>
Meyer's District 108 includes Park Cities, Uptown, Downtown Dallas, Old East Dallas, Bluffview, Preston Hollow, Highland Park, and University Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://morganmeyerfortexas.com/hd-108/|title=House District 108|publisher=morganmeyerfortexas.com|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> He won his fourth consecutive House term in the general election held on November 3, 2020.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Morgan}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Texas]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]