Jonathan E. Kaplan
Shareholder
Professional & Community Affiliations
Member
American Bar Association
Member
Labor and Employment Section
American Bar Association
Member
Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA Committee
American Bar Association
Former Management Co-Chair
Subcommittee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee
American Bar Association
Former Chair
Labor and Employment Law Section
Tennessee Bar Association
Member
Memphis Bar Association
Member, Board of Directors
United Way - Mid-South
Recognition
Named, The Best Lawyers in America®
2003-2025
Named, Lawyer of the Year
Employment Law - Management, Memphis
The Best Lawyers in America©
2016
Named, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Chambers USA
2003-2020
Recommended, Labour & Employment
Who's Who Legal
2024
Named, International Who's Who of Management Labour and Employment Lawyers
Who's Who Legal
2015
Named, Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers
2006-2015
Awarded, AV® Peer Review Rating
Martindale-Hubbell
News, Analysis & Press
Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers; 14 Named Lawyer of the Year
August 15, 2019
Littler Ranked in 2019 Chambers USA Guide
April 25, 2019
Memphis Business Journal honors Jonathan Kaplan with Best of the Bar award
Memphis Business Journal
March 15, 2019
Littler Ranked in 2018 Chambers USA Guide
May 15, 2018
Littler Attorneys Named in 2017 Who’s Who Legal Guide
September 28, 2017
The Best Lawyers in America© Honors More Than 180 Littler Lawyers in Its 2017 Edition
August 16, 2016
Chambers USA Recognizes Littler and Its Attorneys
May 20, 2015
NLRB Expands Reach of NLRA by Finding Employee Who Sought Help From Coworkers For Her Sex Harassment Complaint Was Protected
Insight
August 19, 2014
Littler Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America® 2014 Edition
August 15, 2013
Best Lawyers in America® Names 164 Littler Attorneys to 2013 Edition
September 7, 2012
Books & Book Chapters
- How to Take A Case Before the NLRB, with Supplement, Bloomberg BNA, 7th Ed., Senior Editor, 2007
Speaking Engagements
A Trap for the Unwary: How Your Company Could Go Union Without an Election
Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ
May 8, 2024
The NLRB’s Ambush Election Rule: One Year Later
Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ
May 5, 2016
2015 Southeast Employer Conference
Atlanta, GA
August 20, 2015
Managing and Winning Labor Arbitrations
The 2012 Executive Employer® Conference
Littler Mendelson, Scottsdale, AZ
May 10, 2012
Education
- J.D., University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1982
- B.A., Rhodes College, 1979cum laude
Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizona