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Bryan H. Beauman

Bryan H. Beauman

 

Bryan H. Beauman

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For more than 25 years, Bryan has represented Kentucky’s public and private employers on all aspects of litigation, governance, education and employment law, and civil rights. His unique understanding of the First Amendment and its application to local governments, higher education institutions, and K-12 schools is the hallmark of his practice. He has counseled and defended some of the largest employers in the region in various employment law matters, and serves as the city attorney for a municipality in Central Kentucky.

Bryan has defended numerous claims before the EEOC charging race, gender, age, and disability discrimination, and public employee speech claims. He has also represented business owners in their entrepreneurial interests assisting as they serve as economic drivers in our local communities, offer dependable and supportive jobs for Kentucky families, and provide continuity of service to their customers.

A Life Member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Bryan is a former Kentucky Chapter President of the Federal Bar Association, and was named by U.S. News Best Lawyers the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for employment law in the Lexington metropolitan region.

Areas of Practice

 

PARALEGAL SUPPORT

 

  • Successfully defended university on graduate student’s disability discrimination claims.

    Win for a university before the Kentucky Supreme Court on surgeon’s Whistleblower Act claims after his medical privileges were revoked by the Medical Staff Executive Committee and upheld by the Board of Trustees.

    Win for a university on Open Records Act claim holding university did not violate the Open Records Act.

    Successfully defended a city on employee whistleblower and defamation claims.

    Won appellate decision affirming qualified immunity for middle school faculty and staff against alleged failure to prevent sexual abuse by school employee.

    Successfully defended university from student’s Title IX claim that University officials were deliberately indifferent to his complaint of sexual harassment.

    Successfully defended business on age and disability discrimination and retaliation claims.

    Win for a university on prospective student’s ADA and Section 504 claims alleging failure to accommodate dietary needs.

    Win for university officials on nontenured professor’s due process claims relating to her termination.

    Amici counsel for 16 public and private institutions of higher education from Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan and win for institutions on Title IX claim by student alleging peer sexual harassment.

    Win for a university denying male student’s request for an injunction to stop sexual misconduct disciplinary proceedings.

    Successfully defended business against public accommodation discrimination claim.

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Employment Law - Management “Lexington Lawyer of the Year” (2023)

    Kentucky Super Lawyers®: Employment & Labor, Nonprofit Organizations, Schools & Education

    Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Life Member

  • Employment Law Alliance

    Higher Education Council of the Employment Law Alliance

    Federal Bar Association, Kentucky Chapter President (2007-2008)

    Kentucky Bar Association

    Bourbon County Bar Association

    Fayette County Bar Association

    Defense Research Institute

  • Conference Chair, University of Kentucky 3rd Biennial Education Law Conference (2022)

    Open Records Requests, Kentucky Jailers’ Association Annual Conference (2022)

    Judicial Conference of the Sixth Circuit (2021)

    Freedom of Speech in the Workplace, webinar for the Kentucky Defense Counsel (2018)

    Judge Kavanaugh’s Impact on the Supreme Court, Central Kentucky Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society (2018)

    The Law of Political Speech in the Workplace Setting, UK Law/CLE 16th Biennial Employment Law Institute (2018)

    Current Issues Under Title IX, UK Law/CLE 2nd Biennial Education Law Conference (2017)

    The Rights of Religious Employees (and Employers), UK Law/CLE 15th Biennial Employment Law Institute (2016)

  • University of Kentucky, J.D.

    University of Kentucky, B.A.

  • The Bourbon County Fiscal Court appointed Bryan as a commissioner of the Bourbon County Educational Funds Scholarship. Bryan and his family donate their time to the Joni and Friends Wheels for the World campaign serving as the Central Kentucky coordinator collecting wheelchairs for restoration and distribution for those in need.