Morford elected ExxonMobil general counsel succeeding retiring Ebner

ExxonMobil Corp. has elected Craig Morford as vice-president and general counsel following the planned retirement of Randall Ebner, effective Nov. 1, 2020, after more than 40 years of service. Morford currently serves as deputy general counsel for the company.

Ebner joined the Exxon Co. USA Law Department in 1980. He became coordinator of upstream litigation in 1998, chief attorney of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. in 2000, and chief attorney of ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Co. in 2003. He was named assistant general counsel in 2009, and the board elected him as general counsel and vice president in 2016.

Morford joined ExxonMobil in 2019 as deputy general counsel after previous roles with the US Department of Justice and in private industry. From 2008 until joining ExxonMobil, Morford served as the chief legal and compliance officer for Cardinal Health. Prior, he spent more than 20 years with the Department of Justice with assignments as US Attorney in Michigan and Tennessee, and First Assistant US Attorney in Ohio. In 2007, he was appointed as Acting Deputy Attorney General by President George W. Bush.