About
Mr. Lechner is a Florida Bar board certified hard work and employment lawyer with years of enjoy representing each personnel and employers in all elements of employment regulation subjects. Learn more about his understanding and offerings under. Jay P. Lechner is a incredibly respected labor and employment lawyer based totally in Tampa, Florida. With his Florida Bar board certification, he has verified his knowledge in dealing with a huge range of employment regulation issues. Mr. Lechner has a robust music file of representing each employees and employers in diverse employment disputes. One of Mr. Lechners tremendous achievements is being decided on because the 2020 Lawyer of the Year for Employment Law - Management in St. Petersburg by means of US News & World Report. This popularity speaks to his determination and success inside the discipline of employment regulation. Mr. Lechners areas of know-how encompass wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination (which include age, race, gender, and country wide beginning), time beyond regulation and salary/hour fee issues, retaliation and whistleblower claims, restrictive covenants, unfair commercial enterprise practices, and other sorts of employment litigation. He is well-versed in managing complicated employment disputes and presenting effective prison illustration for his clients. Prior to pursuing a career in regulation, Mr. Lechner received treasured enjoy in control and also served as a volunteer firefighter. This background has geared up him with a unique angle and a deep expertise of place of business dynamics. If you're facing an employment regulation problem and want expert legal guidance, Mr. Lechner is right here to help. Contact him nowadays for a free consultation to talk about your case and explore your legal options.
Legal Issues
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- White Collar Crime
Certificates
Board Certified Labor and Employment Lawyer
The Florida Bar
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions





Experience
- Founding Lawyer
Lechner Law
2019 - Adjunct Instructor
University of South Florida
2021 - Executive Council - Labor and Employment Law Section
The Florida Bar
2013 - Founder & Chair - Statewide Labor & Employment Group
Whittel & Melton, LLC
2015 - Jackson Lewis P.C.
Partner
2013 - Lawyer/Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLPGreenberg Traurig, LLP
2007 - Associate
Zinober & McCrea, PA
2001
Education

Graduation year: 1998

Graduation year: 1996

Graduation year:
Associations

2001 - Current

2001 - Current

2001 - 2017

2009 - 2011

2001 - 2007

2003 - 2004
Costs
- Free Consultancy Service
- Conditional Fees