My name is Jonathan Daugherty, and I’m a sole practitioner at the Daugherty Law Office, LLC.  So, if you’re a small business owner, I’m a lot like you. I returned to the Midwest in 2017 with my family after spending 16 years on the East Coast. There I practiced commercial law in some really large cases in the business capital of the U.S. — New York City — while sitting across the table from lawyers at the largest law firms in the country. Now that I’m in Cincinnati, I’d like to bring some of that big law experience to a small law environment, so that I can actually talk with my clients instead of just their billing department.

My New York practice was a mix of general commercial litigation and business advisement. On the litigation side, the cases ran the gamut through commercial contracts, antitrust, securities, employment, bankruptcy, real estate, and intellectual property, and were in courts across the country, or before domestic or international arbitration panel. I’ve appeared or consulted on cases in courts in New York, New Jersey, D.C, Delaware, North Dakota, Ohio, and Michigan. On the business counseling side, I’ve advised domestic and international companies regarding transactions or compliance on topics such as intellectual property, consumer protection, workers’ compensation, labor and employment, antitrust, cross-border issues, and marketing.

When not practicing law, I’m often cycling or attending FCC games — or spending time with my kids — 8 and 3.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• District of Columbia
• Ohio
• Kentucky

Education

• Columbia Law School
  • J.D. 2004
  • Article Submissions Editor, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
  • Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
• University of Kentucky
  • B.A. summa cum laude, 2001

Past & Present Community Involvement

• • Cincinnati Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York City Bar Association (Standing Committee on Litigation)
  • Wyoming Business Association
  • Wyoming Ohio Cycling Foundation
  • Wyoming City Recreation Commission