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Jaron P. Blandford Member Admitted: 1998, Kentucky, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; State of Tennessee pending. Law School: University of Kentucky, J.D., 1998; Member, Moot Court Board. Associate Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1997-1998. College: Western Kentucky University, B.A., Government, 1995 Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and Federal Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Biography: President, Federal Bar Association, Kentucky Chapter 2005-2007; 2006 Delegate to the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Born: Lexington, Kentucky, December 15, 1972 Mr. Blandford joined the Lexington law firm of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland in 1998. Mr. Blandford focuses his practice on civil litigation with an emphasis in all areas of labor and employment law. Mr. Blandford is currently involved in a substantial amount of employment related work, including representing clients in state and federal court and before the EEOC and various Human Rights Commissions. He has represented a variety of clients in all state and federal administrative agencies, and in state and federal courts under the FMLA, ADEA, Title VII, and numerous state civil rights acts. In addition, he regularly represents and advises business clients in preparation of employment policies, employment manuals and general personnel matters, including hiring and firing. Mr. Blandford has experience in initiating lawsuits on behalf of employers to enforce non-compete agreements and to protect against and recover for misappropriations of trade secrets. The employers represented by Mr. Blandford maintain employees from as small as a handful to thousands. Mr. Blandford is a frequent speaker on employment issues and works with clients on preventive strategies to avoid discrimination, retaliation and other employment claims. Mr. Blandford was a presenter at the 2009 Kentucky Association of Homes and Services for the Aging Annual Conference (October 14-16, 2009) on the topic: Avoid Mistakes: Hot Topics in Employment and Labor Law for 2009. On October 8, 2009, Mr. Blandford and other MMLK lawyers that practice employment law presented Employment Policies and Procedures: A Critical Legal Update for Employers. Recently, Mr. Blandford was a panel speaker at the seminar sponsored by the Kentucky Chapter of the Federal Bar Association entitled Introduction to Practice Before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (May 27, 2009). Mr. Blandford is a member of the Defense Research Institute ("DRI"), an international organization of attorneys defending the interests of businesses and individuals in civil litigation. Mr. Blandford is a member of the Employment Law Committee of DRI. Along with another Lexington lawyer, Mr. Blandford authored the Kentucky chapter of the DRI Defense Library Series Employment Law, A State-by-State Compendium.

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