Jon is a specialist in dispute resolution with more than 33 years experience as a trial lawyer, arbitrator and mediator resolving cases dealing with national and international contracts, professional responsibility and product liability.  He is affiliated with the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, the Arizona Dispute Resolution Association, the International Association of Defense Counsel, and the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. 

He has served as Chairman of the Arbitration and Mediation Committee of the Arizona/Sonora Project.  He has worked in Mexico, Europe, Saudi Arabia and various countries of the Far East.  He is trained as a mediator and has participated in hundreds of cases as an arbitrator, mediator, or representative of a client.  Jon has also designed and conducted the first arbitration and mediation trainings to be conducted in Mexico at the Monterrey Technological Institute(ITESM).  Further, Mr. Trachta has been designated a Judge Pro Tem of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, for the County of Pima and is certified as an arbitrator on the State and Federal level.  He is also a professor in the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy.

Jon is also on the Governor's Canamex Corridor Task Force and is involved in the development of transportation alternatives in Mexico.