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Jon Morse is a Construction, Wrongful Termination and Aviation Attorney based in Westlake Village, CA. He has been an attorney for more than 35 years, admitted to practice in California and Washington and specially admitted in 18 other states. He has supervised litigation in three foreign countries (Canada, Australia and France) and actively participated in a French civil action over an eight-year period, successfully representing an American company that was sued for more than $35 million. Jon’s law practice has primarily involved aviation matters defending pilots, mechanics, aircraft owners and component part manufacturers in lawsuits arising out of U.S. and foreign airplane crash cases. Jon has the experience and expertise to handle complex transactions as well as FAA enforcement actions. Jon is an experienced engineer and pilot who has been involved in aviation for over 40 years. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and has more than 6,500 hours of flight time. Jon also represents plaintiffs in construction accident, construction defect and wrongful termination cases. In a recent construction accident case, he collected from an employer which sued its own employee. In other matters, he successfully prosecuted a wrongful termination lawsuit for a pilot who was suspender, then fired, after reporting safety violations and an escrow officer who was terminated after refusing to report an illegal act.

Jon handled a wide variety of aviation legal matters over a six-year period at this firm, including defense of pilots, mechanics aircraft component part manufacturers, as well as aviation insurance coverage matters. As a result of his work, the firm obtained a published opinion upholding the validity of a pre-accident liability waiver: Booth vs. Santa Barbara Biplanes, LLC (2008) 158 Cal. app. 4th 1173.

During his tenure at the firm, Jon made frequent trips to Europe (and other trips to Malaysia and Mauritius) on behalf of an American component part manufacturer who had been sued for over $35 million dollars by two foreign airlines. Due to his defense work and knowledge of legal and technical issues, the first case was resolved by a judgment in New York, which was then recognized and enforced by the French court. In the second case, the defendants obtained a judgment in their favor in the French Court.

In this position, Jon handled a wide variety of aviation matters in California and several other states, primarily involving aircraft and helicopter accidents. Many of these cases were highly-technical in nature. Jon obtained a published opinion in favor of a helicopter manufacturer, Faria vs. Louise V. (1991).