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Jathan Janove
Partner
Jathan Janove is a nationally published and highly respected employment law attorney who defends claims and trains and advises employers on how to prevent workplace claims and improve employee relations. He also assists employers with internal investigations and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Jathan is a partner in Ater Wynne’s Employment and Litigation Groups. He maintains his practice in both the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West.
Jathan’s employer training programs include "Star Employee Performance in 100 Words or Less: Writing and Using Star Profiles," "The Eight Deadly Workplace Legal Risks of the Twenty-First Century," and "Sexual Harassment and Speed Limit 55."
He is a regular presenter for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a contributing editor of Oregon employment law advice to HR Specialist, and a frequent author for HR Magazine and other trade and industry publications. His book, Managing to Stay Out of Court: How to Avoid the 8 Deadly Sins of Mismanagement, has been recommended as "an extraordinarily useful book that will benefit managers and workers," by The Library Journal.
Jathan was named 2005 Employment Lawyer of the Year in Utah, where he established an employment boutique firm, Janove Baar and Associates, in Salt Lake City. He is listed in the Oregon chapters of "Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business" and "Best Lawyers in America" and in the Mountain States Super Lawyers. He was named 2006 Citizen Lawyer of the Year by the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Salt Lake Chapter. Prior to joining Ater Wynne, Jathan was a partner in the Portland office of Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson.
Professional Experience
Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, Oregon, and Salt Lake City, Utah, Partner, 2007 to present
Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson, Portland, Oregon, and Salt Lake City, Utah, Partner, 2005 to 2007
Janove Baar and Associates, Salt Lake City, Utah, Partner, 2001 to 2005
Janove and Associates, Salt Lake City, Utah, Partner, 1992 to 2001
Education
University of Chicago, J.D., 1982
Indiana University, B.A., 1979
Admitted to Practice
Idaho, 2004
New York, 2005
Oregon, 2006
Utah, 1982
Washington, 2007
Wyoming, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Professional Activities
Anti-Discrimination Advisory Council of the Labor Commission of Utah, Employer Representative
Model Utah Jury Instructions, Chair, Employment Law Committee
National Arbitration Forum, Panel Member
Representative Publications and/or Presentations
The Star Profile: Create Star Employees in 100 Words or Less. Davies-Black Publishers. Expected publication in 2008.
Managing to Stay Out of Court: How to Avoid the 8 Deadly Sins of Mismanagement. Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) and Berrett-Koehler. 2005.
HR Magazine Guide to Managing People. Co-Author. SHRM 2006.
Hope for the Best; Document for the Worst. Oregon Business Magazine. July, 2006.
Jerks at Work. HR Magazine. May, 2007.
Retaliation Nation. HR Magazine. October, 2006.
Manage by Learning to Ski. Portland Business Journal. Septemeber 2006.
Turning Right in a Left-Brain World (Creating a Star Profile). HR Magazine. August, 2006.
In Defense of Litigation (Strategies for a Claim Defense). HR Magazine, May, 2006.
Management by Leaning Forward. Association Management Magazine. June, 2005.
A 3,500-Year-Old Lesson in Delegating (the Pharaoh-Joseph Story). HR Magazine. March 2005.
Conclude and Communicate (Concluding an Internal Investigation). HR Magazine. August, 2004.
Private Eye 101 (Conducting Investigative Interviews). HR Magazine. July, 2004.
The 8 Deadly Sins of Law Firm Mismanagement. Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Oregon Chapter. July 20, 2007.
The 8 Deadly Workplace Legal Risks of the 21st Century. Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Annual Conference 2007. June 26-27, 2007.
A "Sorry" Strategy: Workplace Apologies and Employment Litigation. MLER-LEAP Advanced Employment Law Symposium 2006. October 12, 2006
The 8 Deadly Legal Risks of the 21st Century. Employment & Labor Law Conference, Southwest Washington Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SWHRMA). October 10, 2006
Managing to Stay Out of Court. Arizona Department of Transportation - Technical Training Program Course Evaluation. June 7-8, 2006.
Managing to Stay Out of Court. SHRM Annual Conference. June 20, 2005. |
