Coy Morgan

Born and raised in Mobile, Coy Morgan brings with him to Hedge Copeland his devout passion of fighting for justice for his neighbors throughout south Alabama. Coy is an experienced trial attorney who brings nearly a decade of courtroom and litigation experience to Hedge Copeland, P.C. Before joining the firm, Coy served as an assistant district attorney in the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office from 2018 to 2026, where he developed extensive experience handling complex criminal matters and trying cases before Alabama juries. During his tenure with the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office, Coy tried more than 50 jury trials, including capital murder, rape, child abuse, and robbery cases. In addition to consistently conducting jury trials, Coy also managed many district court and circuit court criminal dockets, representing the State of Alabama and thousands of victims of crime. His experience as a trial lawyer has given him a deep understanding of courtroom advocacy, case preparation, evidentiary issues, and the demands of complex litigation.

In recognition of his work as a prosecutor, Coy was named Prosecutor of the Year in 2021. In 2022, he was chosen to serve on the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office’s Murder Team, where he prosecuted numerous complex homicide cases, including capital death penalty cases. As an assistant district attorney, Coy also served as the coordinator of the annual Mobile County Child Death Review, which involved a collaboration of law enforcement, medical professionals, educators, and social workers. Coy led this large team of professionals in reviewing causes of death of children in Mobile County, making recommendations, and submitting reports to national agencies, such as the National Center for Fatality Review and Protection.

Coy began his legal career through a series of judicial, governmental, and private-practice positions. While in law school, Coy twice interned with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama, twice interned at the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office, clerked for Chief Magistrate Judge Susan Walker at the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, interned with Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., and interned with Alabama State House of Representatives. In Coy’s third year of law school, he interned with the Autauga County District Attorney’s Office, conducting preliminary hearings and bench trials in front of the District Court of Autauga County.

• In 2018, Coy earned his juris doctor from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Faulkner Law Review, Treasurer and Chief-of-Staff of the Student Bar Association, and President of the Federalist Society. He was also a member of the Board of Advocates and competed in trial and moot court competitions. Coy was a member of the Board of Advocates trial team that was named semi-finalists and Most Professional Team at the Palmetto State Classic Trial Competition at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He also has had his academic work published by the Southern University Law Review. See Three Generations of Injustice are Enough: The Constitutional Implications Resulting from the Criminalization of the Mentally Ill, 45 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 29 (2017).

In 2013, Coy earned his bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama, majoring in geography with a minor in political science. His education at The University of Alabama included a summer studying geography and political science abroad in Ghana. While at The University of Alabama, Coy was a member of the Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Academic Honor Society.

Before attending law school, Coy served as a Regional Community Planner with the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission (SARPC). In this role, he served numerous municipalities in Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia counties by providing comprehensive planning, grant writing, advising of zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations, and conducting cartography. In his tenure at SARPC, Coy also worked on planning projects with several community organizations, such as the Boys and Girls Club of South Alabama.

Coy was born and raised in Mobile, and is a 2009 graduate of Baker High School, where he lettered in varsity baseball, track, and swimming. Coy is the father of two young boys, Luke and Matthew, and one daughter, his French bulldog, Duchesse. Coy and his family are active in the youth and adult programs at his lifelong church, Christ United Methodist Church. Coy also attends Bible studies at Cottage Hill Baptist Church and The Men of St. Joseph at St. Ignatius Catholic Church.

In his free time, Coy can be found coaching his sons’ baseball, soccer, football, and basketball teams, attending University of Alabama, New Orleans Saints, and University of South Alabama games, golfing, swimming, kayaking, gardening, or cooking.