Jon Morrone

Experience

1. Senior Director, Global Labor & Litigation

   Carnival Corporation

   Oct 2019 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Brands Supported:Princess Cruises ∙ Holland America Line ∙ Seabourn ∙ Carnival Cruise Line ∙ P&O Australia What I do: • Manage a team where we have fun, deliver stellar results, and transform the opinion of lawyers (from “wet blankets” to “how do we get to yes?”)• Provide legal advice on all kinds of employer-related issues around the globe• Manage a HUGE portfolio of domestic and international employment litigation• Coordinate with operations management to identify and resolve risk before it matures• Travel around the globe to meet with internal and external partners to enhance labor relations• Support North American hiring and firing decisions, as well as employee management and progressive disciplineHighlights:• Key leader in overseeing massive, worldwide workforce reductions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic• Led the implementation of a cohesive, global rollout of COVID-19 vaccine requirements• Managed a multi-year, highly visible and horribly complex business litigation matter in the UK to verdict (we won!)• Negotiate collective bargaining agreements with multiple, multi-national unionsAdmissions, Trainings, and Civic Involvement:• President, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, 20••••23• Board Member, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, 2014 – 2024 (progressive leadership, culminating in Presidency) • Admitted, Washington State Supreme Court (WSBA #37871)• Admitted, Federal District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington• Admitted, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

• Gonzaga University School of Law

  Juris Doctor

  2003 — 2006

• University of Washington

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Civil Rights Litigation
• Discrimination Law
• Disability Law
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Employment Law
• Depositions
• Mediation
• Arbitration
• Appeals
• Washington State Supreme Court
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Federal Court Litigation
• Motions for Summary Judgment
• Trials
• Civil Litigation
• Legal Writing
• Oral Arguments
• Trial Strategy
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Highway Design
• State Government
• Defend Colleges & Universities
• Defend Washington State Department of Transportation
• Defend Washington State Department of Corrections
• Project Management
• Trial Practice
• Defense Litigation
• Litigation Support
• Dispute Resolution
• Motions
• Civil Rights Law
• Personal Injury
• Business Litigation
• Civil Rights
• Legal Issues
• Hearings
• Product Liability
• Litigation