Sturgill Turner

Josh M. Salsburey

Josh M. Salsburey

 

Josh M. Salsburey

Member

859.255.8581

Josh has established a successful education and employment practice, both as general counsel and as a litigation defense attorney. He represents and advises school districts, colleges, and universities in litigation, governance, and employment matters, including discipline, employee policies, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Civil Rights Act (Title VII), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title IX, Open Meetings and Open Records, contracts, and immunity challenges.

Josh also represents a number of employers in both the public and private sectors. He has received advanced training in Title IX investigations from ATIXA (Association of Title IX Administrators), and has served as a special investigator of employee misconduct when circumstances require the investigation be handled by an outside party.

Areas of Practice

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Employment Law - Management; Labor and Employment Litigation

  • National Association of College and University Attorneys

    Employment Law Alliance

    Higher Education Council of the Employment Law Alliance (Chair)

    Kentucky School Boards Association, Council of School Board Attorneys

    National School Boards Association, Council of School Attorneys

    Fayette County Bar Association

    Kentucky Bar Association

  • Don’t Jump the Gun: Navigating Kentucky Law on Regulating Firearms in the Workplace, Kentucky Constructor: A Publication of the Association of General Contractors of Kentucky (2014).

  • Handling Commercial Open Records Requests, Kentucky Municipal Clerks Association Annual Conference (2019).

    Preserving Confidentiality and Privilege When Representing Public Boards, presentation for the Council of School Board Attorneys at the Kentucky School Boards Association Annual Conference (2019).

    Solving the HR Puzzle: Combatting Harassment in a Changing Workplace, The Lane Report Seminar (2018).

    Discrimination & Harassment Training, Kentucky Association of School Administrators School Human Resource Leadership Program (2018).

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Liability Issues Arising from Student Travel, University of Kentucky 2nd Biennial Education Law Conference (2017).

    Basic Principles and Common Misunderstandings about Open Records, University of Kentucky 2nd Biennial Education Law Conference (2017).

    Staying within Ethical Boundaries in Conducting School District Investigations, presentation for the Council of School Board Attorneys (CSBA) Winter Meeting (2016).

    Key Issues in 2016 that Will Keep Administrators at U.S. Colleges and Universities up at Night, presentation for the Higher Education Council of the Employment Law Alliance (2016).

    Drug Testing of City Employees, presented at the Kentucky League of Cities Annual Conference (2015).

    Reasonable Accommodation or Regrettable Obligation? Don’t Let Your Good Deed be Punishment, presented at the Kentucky Society for Human Resources (KYSHRM) Annual Conference (2015).

    How to Conduct Effective Investigations, presented at the UK CLE Education Law Conference (2015).

    The NLRB Comes to Campus: An Update on Union Activity at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education, presentation for the Higher Education Council of the Employment Law Alliance. (2015).

    Take it from the Top: The First Amendment and Employment Law Matters, presented at the University of Kentucky’s Annual Employment Law Institute (2014) (Author and Presenter).).

  • University of Kentucky, J.D.

    Spring Arbor University, B.A. summa cum laude

  • Josh has been an active volunteer for GO InterNational, a non-profit organization that collaborates with indigenous leaders to create and support sustainable Christian missions, as well as to bring medical mission trips to underserved areas. He served as Chair of the Board of Directors from 2017-21, and has also served as Vice-Chair and Chair of the Governance Committee.