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Harlee P. Havens
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Harlee Havens is an associate in the firm’s Lexington, Kentucky office where she focuses her practice in litigation, with a strong focus on both employment law and public utility law.
In the realm of employment law, Harlee represents employers in a wide range of matters in federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including discrimination claims and wage-and-hour disputes. She also assists employers in drafting employee-related agreements and workplace policies. Additionally, Harlee represents electric utilities before the Kentucky Public Service Commission in matters involving regulatory compliance, rate-making, and appeals.
Harlee also represents clients in complex business disputes across a range of industries, leveraging the legal research and writing skills she developed as a former law clerk to Hon. Chief Judge Gregory N. Stivers of the Western District of Kentucky.
Capabilities
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Memberships
Community Involvement
Education
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Order of the Coif |
Kentucky Law Journal, Managing Editor, Vol. 110; Staff Editor, Vol. 109; Best Second Year Staff Member, Vol. 109; Best Source & Cite, Fain Note, Book Two; Best Source & Cite, VanMeter Article, Book Three |
CALI Award in Secured Transactions, and Law & Religion |
Election Law Society, Class Representative (2019-22) |
Publication: Note, A Reprieve From the Crushing Cost of an Education: Why the Sixth Circuit Should Interpret the Bankruptcy Code to Allow Discharge of Private Student Loans, 110 KY. L.J. 203 (2021) |
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Honors College Graduate |
Thesis/Capstone: The Effect of Knowledge on Attitudes Towards the U.S. Supreme Court |
President’s Scholar (2015-19) |
Regents Scholarship; Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement Research Grant; Carl P. Chelf Political Science Scholarship Fund |
Southern Political Science Association, Annual Meeting Panelist: Courts & Their Publics |
Greek Hall of Fame |
Greek Academic Hall of Fame |
Panhellenic Council, 1st Vice President |
Omega Phi Alpha Sorority, Secretary |
Mahurin Honors College, HonorsTopper Student Ambassador |
Greek Jeopardy, Co-Chair |