Jon L. Fleischaker

Partner
Louisville, KY
(502) 540-2319 | Phone
(502) 585-2207 | Fax



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Jon L. Fleischaker is Chair of the Communications and Media Law Practice Group. Jon is the Managing Partner for the Louisville Office and he serves on the Management Council. Jon has more than 30 years of experience in media law and First Amendment cases, actively involved in representation of newspapers and broadcasters dealing with publication issues. He has been the most visible attorney in Kentucky in dealing with First Amendment concerns. Jon also has extensive employment litigation experience, including class actions and individual cases. In addition to numerous appellate cases, he also has participated in 99 cases in the U.S. District Courts.

In addition to his law practice, Jon remains active in the community. Most recently, Jon was recognized by the Department of Public Advocacy and the Louisville-Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation for his pro bono service in support of the constitutional rights of the poor and needy of Kentucky. In 2008, Jon and his wife, Kim Greene, created the Fleischaker-Greene Fund for Excellence in First Amendment Issues at Western Kentucky University. The fund supports the Fleischaker-Greene Scholars Program and will give top students in the School of Journalism the opportunity to take an advanced special topics class once a year and bring nationally-recognized speakers in journalism and First Amendment issues to Western Kentucky University.

Education

J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School (magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1970)
B.A., Swarthmore College (1967)

Bar Admissions

Kentucky

Court Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Selected Professional & Civic Organizations

General Counsel: Kentucky Press Association
Media Law Resource Center
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Louisville Bar Association (Board of Directors 1980-81)
Kentucky Bar Association
The Fellows of Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
Board of Directors (1997-2003), Jewish Community Center
Kentucky Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee, Treasurer

Awards & Recognitions

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 1991
Bingham Freedom of Information Award in 1999 by the Kentucky Press Association
Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, 2004, only non-journalist ever inducted
The James Madison Award for service to the First Amendment, 2007, from The Scripps Howard First Amendment Center at the University of Kentucky
"The First" prize by the Society of Professional Journalists, 2005
2006 Meritorious Service Award from the Louisville Branch of the NAACP
Selected for the Kentucky Super Lawyers® List
Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers
Named a "Local Litigation Star" in Benchmark Litigation