Practice Areas
- Affirmative Action
- Class Action Litigation
- Labor Relations
- Litigation; Employment Litigation Prevention and Defense
- Wage and Hour Compliance and Litigation
Practice Emphasis
- Employment counseling and litigation, affirmative action planning and compliance, wage and hour compliance and litigation
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 1994
- United States District Courts for the Western, Middle Eastern Districts of North Carolina
- United States Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Education
University of Louisville
- J.D., 1994
- Managing Editor - Journal of Law and Education
Wake Forest University
- B.A., History, 1989
News
- Eight Constangy Attorneys Honored by North Carolina Super Lawyers 2012
- Four Constangy, Brooks & Smith Attorneys Honored in N.C. Legal Elite
- Twenty-Eight Constangy, Brooks & Smith Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers for 2012
- Jonathan Yabrough Quoted by SHRM on Training Summer Youth Hires
- Jonathan Yarbrough Talks to SHRM About Mandatory Flu Shots for Employees
- Twenty-Three Constangy, Brooks & Smith Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers for 2011
“Why aren't you signed up for the 401K? I'd never be able to run that far.”
--Dilbert
Jon Yarbrough's practice includes providing advice and counsel to employers on compliance with federal and state employment laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and wage and hour laws. He also assists federal contractors with affirmative action planning and compliance. Jon has successfully represented employers in a wide variety of employment related lawsuits and charges brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and the United States and North Carolina Departments of Labor, and before state and federal courts in North Carolina and Tennessee. He has also successfully defended whistleblower charges before OSHA and before Administrative Law Judges of the United States Department of Labor.
Before joining Constangy, Jon was a partner with Edwards, Ballard, Bishop, Sturm, Clark & Keim, P.A.
Publications/Presentations
- Contributing author to North Carolina Employment Law published by Lexis Law Publishing
- Mock Sexual Harassment Trial presented at the 2003 North Carolina SHRM Convention
- Frequent Presenter for Lorman Education Services and The Council On Education in Management.
- Understanding the Unconventional - SHRM Online
- Don’t Trip on the Tarmac: Special I-9 Issue - The Hotline
- Exactly What Is “Retaliation?” - ARSA Online
- Human Resources Kit for Dummies - For Dummies by Max Messmer
Professional Activities/Associations
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- North Carolina Bar Association, Section on Labor and Employment Law
- Western North Carolina Human Resources Association - President-Elect
Civic/Charitable Activities/Associations
- Board of Directors - Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer Association
- President of the Board - Project Challenge NC, Inc.
- Member - Committee of Management, Reuter Family YMCA
- Member - Zebulon B. Vance Debate Society
Other Personal Background Information and Interests
- Jon enjoys spending time with his two children, Anna and Sara, playing golf and soccer and cheering for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.