Jon Morrone

Senior Director, Global Labor & Litigation @Carnival Corporation

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

Gonzaga University School of Law

Juris Doctor

University of Washington

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)