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Samuel Morris

Samuel Morris

Associate

Liberty Center
151 Meeting Street
Suite 600
Charleston, SC 29401
T 843.534.4106
samuel.morris@nelsonmullins.com
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Samuel focuses his practice on commercial real estate development.  His practice areas include the purchase and sale of real property, land use and zoning, commercial leasing, and real estate related litigation. Samuel has extensive experience advising clients through legislative, quasi-judicial, and administrative development approval processes including rezonings, development agreements, special use permits, variances, and other...

Samuel focuses his practice on commercial real estate development.  His practice areas include the purchase and sale of real property, land use and zoning, commercial leasing, and real estate related litigation. Samuel has extensive experience advising clients through legislative, quasi-judicial, and administrative development approval processes including rezonings, development agreements, special use permits, variances, and other development approvals. He has represented landowners, developers, and local governments in a broad range of complex real estate related transactions and disputes.

Samuel Morris

development approvals. He has represented landowners, developers, and local governments in a broad range of complex real estate related transactions and disputes.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience 

  • Associate, large full-service law firm (2021-2022)
  • Associate, commercial real estate law firm (2022-2024)

Representative Matters 

  • Rezoning of 6-acre downtown Raleigh assemblage to allow 40-story mixed-use development.
  • Rezoning of 15-acre assemblage to allow 250-unit multi-family development.
  • Annexation of 193 acres to allow 654-unit single-family and townhouse development.
  • Quasi-judicial development approval for a 100,000+ square-foot hotel on a 1.85-acre property.
  • Successful appeal and reversal of Town’s denial of a Special Use Permit for an asphalt plant on 9.5-acre property.
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience 

  • Associate, large full-service law firm (2021-2022)
  • Associate, commercial real estate law firm (2022-2024)

Representative Matters 

  • Rezoning of 6-acre downtown Raleigh assemblage to allow 40-story mixed-use development.
  • Rezoning of 15-acre assemblage to allow 250-unit multi-family development.
  • Annexation of 193 acres to allow 654-unit single-family and townhouse development.
  • Quasi-judicial development approval for a 100,000+ square-foot hotel on a 1.85-acre property.
  • Successful appeal and reversal of Town’s denial of a Special Use Permit for an asphalt plant on 9.5-acre property.

Recognitions

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

Professional Activities

  • North Carolina Bar Association, Zoning, Planning, and Land Use Section (2021-present)
    • ZPLU Council Member (2024-present)
    • Recruitment Co-Chair (2023-present)
    • Young Lawyers Division Liaison (2023-present)

Samuel focuses his practice on commercial real estate development.  His practice areas include the purchase and sale of real property, land use and zoning, commercial leasing, and real estate related litigation. Samuel has extensive experience advising clients through legislative, quasi-judicial, and administrative development approval processes including rezonings, development agreements, special use permits, variances, and other... development approvals. He has represented landowners, developers, and local governments in a broad range of complex real estate related transactions and disputes.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience 

  • Associate, large full-service law firm (2021-2022)
  • Associate, commercial real estate law firm (2022-2024)

Representative Matters 

  • Rezoning of 6-acre downtown Raleigh assemblage to allow 40-story mixed-use development.
  • Rezoning of 15-acre assemblage to allow 250-unit multi-family development.
  • Annexation of 193 acres to allow 654-unit single-family and townhouse development.
  • Quasi-judicial development approval for a 100,000+ square-foot hotel on a 1.85-acre property.
  • Successful appeal and reversal of Town’s denial of a Special Use Permit for an asphalt plant on 9.5-acre property.

Education

  • Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, JD, magna cum laude (2021)
  • Appalachian State University, BS, Political Science, cum laude (2018)

Admissions

  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina

Practice Areas

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

  • North Carolina Bar Association, Zoning, Planning, and Land Use Section (2021-present)
    • ZPLU Council Member (2024-present)
    • Recruitment Co-Chair (2023-present)
    • Young Lawyers Division Liaison (2023-present)