John T. McGarvey’s practice concentrates on secured transactions, municipal law, the representation of banks and other lenders in litigation, and matters under the Uniform Commercial Code. His legal accomplishments have been recognized by his election to the American Law Institute and inclusion in lists such as Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Top Lawyers and Preeminent Attorneys. Mr. McGarvey is a member of numerous legal organizations, including multiple Uniform Commercial Code task forces and advisory committees. He is an adjunct secured transactions professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law, and has taught hundreds of seminars on legal issues involving financial institutions and credit extenders. Mr. McGarvey is a shareholder, chairperson of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the Marketing Committee. More Than a Lawyer Mr. McGarvey was a broadcast journalist before he entered the practice of law. His career in journalism spanned a wide array of positions, including that of anchor, reporter, legal commentator, political program host, and press secretary for Gov. Wendell Ford during his first campaign for the U.S. Senate. He worked with and co-anchored KET's election coverage in 1992 that received the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's highest award for local news. John and his wife Judy have been married for almost 40 years and are the parents of David, a career Air Force officer, Morgan, also an attorney with Morgan & Pottinger, PSC, and Sara, formerly a teacher in the Fayette County Kentucky School System and currently a graduate student in counseling at Wake Forest University. The McGarvey family is the subject of a 2009 book published by National Geographic called AN AMERICAN FAMILY: Three Decades with the McGarveys. |
- Shareholder
- Chair, Executive Committee
- Commercial Litigation
- Uniform Commercial Code UCC
- Loan Workouts
- Equine Law
- Banking and Finance
- Bank Counsel
- Collections & Subrogation
- Kentucky, 1973
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky,
1973
J.D. Honors: Moot Court Board
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky,
1970
B.A.
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Banking and Commercial Litigation Newsletter, (Co-Editor), American Bar Association, 1991-1993
- Civil Procedure Before Trial, (Contributing Author), 1989, 1998, 2008
- Debtor/Creditor Relations in Kentucky, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1991, 2002
- "Due Process & Punitive Damages in Kentucky", 59 Ky. Bench & Bar 2, 1995
- "Kentucky's New Filing Requirements For Personal Property Liens", 63 Ky. Bench & Bar 1, 1999
- "Revised Article 9 Takes Effect Across the Nation", Ky. Banker Magazine, July, 2001
- "Perfecting and Protecting Security Interests in Agricultural Collateral", Ky. Banker Magazine, February, 2002
- "Privacy, T.I.N.s and Revised Article 9", Ky. Banker Magazine, August, 2002
- "Electronic Filing of Financing Statements", National Association of Retail Credit Attorneys Newsletter, 3rd Quarter, 2002
- "Security Interests in Deposit Accounts", Ky. Banker Magazine, January, 2003
- Caldwell's Kentucky Form Book, Unit 6 (Remedies), Unit 8 (Commercial Law), Matthew Bender & Co., 5th Edition, 2006
- "Drop-Dead Date for Local Filings", (Co-Author), Ky. Banker Magazine, October, 2005
- "Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation v. Bank of Corbin, Inc." (Co-Author), Ky. Banker Magazine, December, 2005
- "Perfection of Security Interests in All-Terrain Vehicles", Kentucky Bankers Association Compliance/Legal News, August, 2006
- "Security Interests and ATVs: Part III", Ky. Banker Magazine, February, 2008
- "Kentucky Adopts the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act", Kentucky Bench & Bar, September, 2010
- MPM Financial Group, Inc. v. Morton, 289 S.W.3d 193 (Ky. 2009)
- South Central Bank of Daviess County v. Lynnville Nat. Bank, 901 N.E.2d 576 (Ind. App. 2009)
- UPS Capital Business Credit v. C.R. Cable Construction, Inc., 181 S.W.3d 44 (Ky.App. 2005)
- Michelle P. v. Holsinger, 356 F.Supp. 763 (E.D.Ky. 2005)
- Countrywide Home Loans v. Kentucky Bar Association, 113 S.W.3d 105 (Ky. 2003)
- In re: Alabama Land and Mineral Corp., 292 F.3d 1319 (11th Cir 2002)
- Duesner v. Firstar Corp., 186 F.Supp.2d 766 (W.D.Ky. 2001)
- General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Lincoln National Bank, 18 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2000)
- Prestonia Area Neighborhood Ass’n v. Abramson, 797 S.W.2d 708 (Ky. 1990)
- Adjunct Professor, Secured Transactions, University of Kentucky College of Law,
2002
- Present
- Recent Developments Under the UCC, Legal Issues for Financial Institutions, Unversity of Kentucky College of Law,
2007
- AV® Preeminent™
- Leadership Kentucky,
2005
- Best Lawyers in America 2011 in the practice area of Banking Law,
2010
- Super Lawyers
- Top Lawyers
- American Law Institute (2010-Present)
- Anchorage Civic Club, Citizen of the Year,
2008
- FBI Citizens Academy,Board Member and Alumni Association Vice President,
2006
- University of Kentucky College of Law Hall of Fame,
2011
- Louisville Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Uniform Commercial Code Committee
- American Bar Association
- Commercial Finance Services Committee
- American Bar Association
- Banking Law Committee
- American Bar Association
- Secured Transactions Subcommittee
- American Bar Association
- Loan Workouts Subcommittee
- American Bar Association
- Banking and Commercial Litigation Subcommittee
- American Bar Association
- Task Force on Deposit Account Control Agreements Subcommittee
- American Bar Association
- Consumer Financial Services Committee
- American Bar Association
- Personal Property Financing Subcommittee
- American Bar Association,
2010
- Co-chair,Article 9 Amendment Enactment Committee
- American Bar Association
- Task Force on Filing Office Rules
- American Bar Association,
1991
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1993
- Co-editor,Banking and Commercial Litigation Newsletter
- National Council of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws,
2006
- Present
- National Council of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws,
2008
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2010
- Article 9 Joint Review Committee
- Uniform Law Commission, Kentucky’s Legislative Liaison
- Uniform Law Commission, Legislative Council
- Southern Region Representative
- The Conference on Consumer Finance
- American Financial Services Association
- Uniform Certificate of Title Act Drafting Committee Observer
- Kentucky's Revised Article 9 Drafting Committee
- Chair
- Kentucky Study Commission on Uniform Commercial Code
- American Bar Association,
1975
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1978
- Commercial Financial Services Committee
- University of Kentucky College of Law
- Dean Search Committee
- City of Anchorage, City Attorney,
1987
- Present
- City of Louisville, Assistant Law Director,
1978
-
1979
- Kentucky Supreme Court, Special Justice, 1990 and 2008-2011 (author of opinions in Prestonia Area Neighborhood Assn. v. Abramson (Ky. 1990) and Miller v. Administrative Office of the Courts (Ky. 2011))
- Kentucky Educational Television, Election Commentator,
1979
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2007
- WHAS Radio, Legal Commentator,
1975
-
1978
- WHAS-TV, Legal Commentator,
1979
-
1980
- Greater Louisville, Inc., Energy Policy Committee, Chair,
2008
- Greater Louisville, Inc., Public Policy Committee,
2007
- Present
- Greater Louisville, Inc., Budget Task Force,
2010
- Present
- Citizens for Better Judges, Attorney Steering Committee,
1992
-
1993
- Anchorage Fire Protection District, Trustee, Secretary,
1982
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1989
- Jefferson County EMS Advisory Board,
1986
-
1987
- Society of Professional Journalists, Louisville Chapter
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