John T. Lovett

About John's Practice

John T. Lovett chairs Frost Brown Todd's labor and employment law practice group. He is a Charter Member of the American Employment Law Council. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, and has been named to Kentucky Super Lawyers®. John is former chairperson and one of 24 lawyers in the U.S. serving on the Labor Lawyers Advisory Committee for CUE: An Organization for Positive Employee Relations, founded by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). The Labor Relations Institute (LRI) annually lists John as one of the "Top 100 Labor Attorneys in the U.S."

Education

• University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., with distinction, 1981
• Indiana University, B.A.,1978

Major Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Editor, Kentucky Employment Law Letter (since 2012)
• Contributing Editor, Midsouth Employment Law Letter
• Quoted, "NLRB Chair Says Rule Defining Joint Employment on the Way," HR Daily Advisor, June 11, 2018.
• Author, "Pretextual failure to promote produce worker is a recipe for disaster," Kentucky Employment Law Letter, January 2018, and HR Daily Advisor, February 16, 2018
• Quoted, "More probusiness NLRB on the way as Emanuel wins confirmation," Human Resources News, September 25, 2017
• Quoted, "Emanuel nomination called chance to 'rein in' Obama-era NLRB," Human Resources News, June 29, 2017
• Author, "6th Circuit butchers meat clerk's ADA case based on contradictory doctor's notes," Kentucky Employment Law Letter, April 2016, and HR.BLR.com, May 5, 2016
• Quoted, "Right-to-work campaigns aim at smaller jurisdictions," ABA Journal, October 1, 2015
• Author, "Loose lips sink ships -- and buoy age discrimination claims," Kentucky Employment Law Letter, December 2014, and HR.BLR.com, January 23, 2015

Professional Recognition

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (1999-present)
• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
• Named one of the "Top 100 Labor Attorneys" in the U.S. by Labor Relations Institute
• Listed in Kentucky Super Lawyers

Admitted to Practice

Kentucky (1981); U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana