Morgan Jada Walker (she/her) is Counsel at Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV.

Morgan is a seasoned trial lawyer, appellate attorney, and public advocate, with more than two decades of experience in federal, state, and territorial courts, and the court of public opinion. Morgan has completed more than 50 jury and bench trials, six appellate court oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Alaska Court of Appeals, and resolved dozens of cases by negotiation.

Morgan’s first case at Lambda was in 2025, when she joined a trial team that successfully fought for the Constitutional rights of an incarcerated transgender woman in Alaska who needed gender-affirming surgery.

Before joining Lambda, Morgan served longer than eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Alaska, where she investigated and prosecuted a wide variety of cases, including civil rights, environmental, national security, white-collar and transnational crimes, and child exploitation. Morgan’s special projects include serving as coordinator of the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Committee, Civil Rights Coordinator, and mentor for other attorneys.

In 2022, Morgan was detailed to the American Embassy in Sri Lanka and U.S. Mission to Maldives, where she designed and delivered capacity-building programs for prosecutors and judges regarding counterterrorism, international financial crimes, digital evidence, and trauma-informed victim engagement. In her capacity as Justice Department leader at the mission, she served on the Embassy’s emergency-action committee during a political and economic crisis. In 2024, Morgan became one of the few (if only) transgender lawyers to prosecute a jury trial before transition and, later, after socially transitioning, defend the same conviction on appeal.

Earlier, Morgan served as a state prosecutor for eight years, when she handled cases in urban and rural communities. Morgan focused on special-victims cases, involving minors and adults, and empowered dozens of survivors to testify. Morgan served as the deputy director of the Alaska Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, during which time she secured one of the largest contested restitution judgments in state history.

Morgan’s prior legal work took her to American Samoa, where she served as both prosecutor and public defender, and to private practice in Seattle. Morgan earned her Juris Doctor in 2004 from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was on the Dean’s List and participated in immigration and prosecution clinics. Morgan studied philosophy in politics at Earlham College.

Morgan holds an active law license in Alaska, and inactive licenses in California and Washington State. Morgan’s practice is currently limited to Alaska and federal courts where admitted. Not currently licensed in Texas. Practice is limited per Texas Disciplinary Rule of Professional Conduct 5.05(c) and (d).