Overview

Companies call on attorney Haley Morrison to solve their toughest employment disputes with efficient, pragmatic, and strategic guidance.

Haley provides counsel to employers nationwide on a broad range of matters, with a particular focus on single-plaintiff and class action employment litigation, as well as trade secret protection and employee mobility issues, in California and Oregon.

Haley represents clients ranging from well-funded start-ups to Fortune 100 companies across such industries as luxury retail, commercial transportation, quick service restaurants, medical technology, finance—including banks, broker dealers, private equity, and venture capital—senior care, and technology (particularly as it interacts with the climate, legal, and financial services sectors), among others.

A seasoned litigator, Haley is adept at defending employers against claims of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, breach of contract, and more. She is also a sought-after advisor on legal and compliance issues regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and frequently speaks on DEI-related topics.

Some of her representative clients include Morgan Stanley; Daimler Truck North America; Laurel Inc.; Becton, Dickinson and Company; The House Fund; Brightwater Senior Living; Mill Industries; Gee Automotive; and Vesta Innovations.

Among her many achievements, Haley has consistently been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, and Super Lawyers for California and Oregon.

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Haley started her career at a multinational law firm in California before returning to her hometown of Portland. While she was a student at the University of San Diego School of Law, Haley served as an intern in the California Attorney General’s office and an extern for the Honorable Nita L. Stormes in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

In her spare time, Haley volunteers with programs focused on building self-esteem and discipline through sports. She is a past Board Chair for Playworks, a nonprofit that increases opportunities for safe and meaningful play for elementary school children and serves on the Advisory Board of Bridge City Soccer Academy, a nonprofit that teaches girls to make empowered decisions both on and off the field. Haley also participates in several leadership groups focused on making the greater Portland area a healthier and safer place to live.

Haley was a Division I soccer player at Colorado College and played several seasons semi-professionally following graduation. These days, she enjoys ultramarathons, adventure travel, and spending time with her sons.

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A Counterintuitive Approach to Winning Without Litigation: Haley shares how her client-first approach—prioritizing resolution over courtroom battles—has saved businesses time, money, and relationships.

Experience

  • Prevailed on follow-on individual actions through motion practice and trials after defeating class certification in a case involving supervisors in the package delivery industry. Following a string of victories, the remaining individual plaintiffs dismissed their cases outright.
  • Concluded a case spanning nearly seven years on behalf of a Fortune 100 company in Washington State with an unqualified defense decision in arbitration.
  • As a result of early motion practice, achieved a complete walk-away on California statewide class action allegations involving more than 500 engineers.
  • Authored a motion for partial summary judgment that resulted in the plaintiff voluntarily dismissing a putative class action worth more than $300 million that involved hundreds of drivers, warehouse workers, and front-office personnel in California.
  • Defended two cases to successful resolution on behalf of different clients before the California Supreme Court. One matter was a single-plaintiff wage and hour issue; the other was a class action related to vacation pay. Both decisions have become seminal California law.
  • Prevailed on summary judgment and, in an exceedingly rare decision by a federal court, won a petition for defense fees and costs on behalf of the client.
  • Secured a complete defense verdict in an exempt misclassification case tried before a Los Angeles jury.
  • Prevailed on summary judgment as to the named plaintiffs in a nationwide independent contractor matter, thereby mooting their efforts to certify a collective action. After winning every pretrial motion and arguing prehearing briefs, Haley settled the contentious discrimination claim for nuisance value three days before trial in Indiana federal court.
  • Defeated class certification in a California statewide exempt misclassification matter regarding retail supervisors.
  • Achieved more than two dozen complete victories on summary judgment.
  • Negotiated very favorable client results in numerous mediations, including in statewide and nationwide class actions and single-plaintiff cases in Oregon, Washington, California, and elsewhere.
  • Obtained asylum for an Ethiopian refugee who had suffered lifelong persecution, and, after five years of advocacy—which included leveraging support from two U.S. Senators and a Congressman—successfully petitioned for derivative status for the refugee’s five young children.

Recognition

  • America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators: Class Action Defense, Class Action Litigation, Employment & Labor Litigation, High Stakes Litigation, and Trade Secret Litigation (2018 to 2019)
  • The Best Lawyers in America: Litigation – Labor & Employment (2020 to 2026), Employment Law – Management (2025 to 2026)
  • Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Oregon—Labor & Employment, "Leader in Their Field" (2019 to 2025)
  • The Corporate America: Legal Elite (2015)
  • The Daily Transcript – San Diego: Top Attorney – Labor & Employment (2012 to 2014), Top Young Attorney (2012 to 2014)
  • Oregon Rising Stars: Labor & Employment (2016-2018)
  • Oregon Super Lawyers: Employment & Labor: Employer (2024 to 2025); Employment Litigation: Defense (2020 to 2025)
  • San Diego Business Journal: Best of the Bar (2014 to 2015)
  • San Diego Rising Stars: Labor & Employment (2015)

Credentials

Education

  • University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008)
    • Order of the Coif
  • Colorado College (B.A., 2001)

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • Oregon

Professional & Community Involvement

  • American Bar Association
  • American Employment Law Council
  • Bridge City Soccer Academy, Advisory Board Member (2020 to Present)
  • Gus Solomon Inn of Court, Member (2023 to Present)
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Multnomah Bar Association
  • Playworks Pacific Northwest, Board Member (2015 to 2020) and Past Chair (2016 to 2020)
  • Portland Business Alliance, Leadership Portland Class of 2017
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • University of San Diego, Alumni Association
  • Wallace Inn of Court (2010 to 2012)
  • Women’s Foundation of Oregon, Founding Member (2015 to 2016)

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