Overview
Companies call on attorney Haley Morrison to solve their toughest employment disputes with efficient, pragmatic, and strategic guidance.
Haley provides counsel to employers on a broad range of matters, with a particular focus on single-plaintiff and class action employment litigation in California and Oregon.
Haley’s clients range from well-funded start-ups to companies in the Fortune 100, such as Morgan Stanley; Daimler Truck North America; Becton, Dickinson and Company; Laurel Inc.; Mill Industries; AMN Healthcare; 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.
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 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 on the Advisory Board of Bridge City Soccer Academy, a nonprofit teaching 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, fitness events, adventure travel, and spending time with her sons.
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Experience
- Concluded a case spanning nearly seven years on behalf of a Fortune 100 company 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.
- Attained a complete defense verdict in an exempt misclassification case tried before a jury.
- 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.
- 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.
- After defeating class certification in a case involving supervisors in the package delivery industry, prevailed on follow-on individual actions through motion practice and/or trials. After a string of victories, the remaining individual plaintiffs dismissed their cases outright.
- Defended two cases on behalf of different clients to successful resolution 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 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, settled contentious discrimination claim for nuisance value three days before trial.
- Defeated class certification in a 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.
- 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 2024), Employment Law – Management (2025)
- Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Oregon—Labor & Employment, "Leader in Their Field" (2019 to 2024)
- 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); Employment Litigation: Defense (2020 to 2023)
- 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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- ILTACON: From Fiction to Reality: The Evolution of Consumer-Grade AI to Law Firms
- Boiled Down Podcast, Employment Laws & COVID Considerations
- Tools to Survive the COVID-19 Economy: CARES Act SBA Loans, Employment Laws, and Corporate Issues
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- BlogsCalifornia Is the First State to Adopt Intersectionality of Protected Characteristics5 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Honored for Excellence in the Legal Profession by Best Lawyers 2025
14 minute read - Media CoverageSports Brain—How Former Soccer Star Haley Morrison Feeds Her Competitive Instincts5 minute read
- BlogsThe Gig Continues: California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 224 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Two Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named to the 2024 Oregon Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
8 minute read - Firm Announcements
Epstein Becker Green Honored for Exceptional Performance in Key Practice Areas by Chambers USA 2024
5 minute read - Media CoverageHaley Morrison Featured in “Wake Up Call: Laterals, Moves, In-House”1 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Continues West Coast Expansion by Adding Employment Attorney Haley Morrison in Portland3 minute read
- Media CoverageEpstein Becker Green Adds Haley Morrison as Employment Partner1 minute read