Protecting What You’ve Built, Guiding What Comes Next

Kentucky’s Trusted Employment, Corporate, and Litigation Attorneys

Strategic Counsel for

Kentucky Businesses

As a business owner, you face an endless list of legal challenges. Contracts need to be reviewed, compliance requirements keep changing, workplace issues demand attention, and disputes can arise at any time. Trying to manage it all on your own puts you at risk of lawsuits, financial loss, and unnecessary stress. You deserve a legal partner who can handle the details and provide the right guidance so you can focus on growing your business.


At Lockaby PLLC, we’ve walked alongside startups and their founders, small businesses and their owners, and officers, executives, and HR professionals, providing strategic counsel and creative solutions. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, we’ve been trusted advisors for more than 60 years.

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Labor & Employment - Employers

Guidance on HR, compliance, and contracts and defense of lawsuits and investigations.

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Labor & Employment - Employees

Protecting employees through contract review, negotiation, and advocacy.

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Corporate Law & Business Transactions

Guidance from startup to sale, including formation, operations, mergers and acquisitions, and family transitions.

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Litigation

Representing clients in a variety of industries with business, commercial, and contract litigation.

Representation Tailored to Your Needs

No matter who we represent, our approach is consistent: delivering clear, strategic guidance tailored to your unique needs.

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Tell us more about your legal needs

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We’ll listen, assess, identify your options, and provide our recommendations

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Gain clarity and confidence through reliable legal counsel

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Full-service legal counsel for small- and

mid-sized businesses and professionals

Every business faces legal questions. The real challenge is getting the right answers at the right time. You need more than a lawyer on call, you deserve a trusted advisor who knows your business, understands your goals, helps overcome your obstacles, protects what you’ve built, and pursues what’s next.

 

At Lockaby PLLC, we partner with our clients to fully understand their industry, their operations, their risk tolerance, and their unique workplace to provide proactive and pragmatic legal counsel at every stage—from formation, through growth, to exit.


We advise startups on choosing the right entity, structuring ownership, and building strong contracts. As businesses grow, we support their governance and compliance practices, draft and negotiate commercial agreements, and guide them through strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and other transformative deals.


Our team also advises on everyday HR issues, like background checks, disciplinary actions, accommodations, and other regulatory compliance. We defend employers against discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wage-and-hour claims. And we investigate claims of misconduct and defend against government inquiries and investigations. 


When contracts or deals are on the table, we draft, negotiate, and enforce agreements that safeguard your interests, whether it’s an executive employment contract, a non-compete restriction, a severance package, a master services agreement, or a merger or acquisition.


Contact us today to learn how we can help protect what you’ve built and position you for what’s next.

"Simply said.... Matt is professional, responsive, and super knowledgeable. He’s helpful and thorough... and works very hard for his clients."

- Whitney S.

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“Matt and his team are attentive, responsive, and provide an extremely high level of expertise. Could not recommend more strongly.”

- Jay k.

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“Matt and his team are outstanding and I would highly recommend them to anyone in need of legal services.”

- Stephen H.

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"Matt is well-versed in the nuances of business law. Not only is he able to articulate reasonable legal options, but he understands how to communicate with all parties involved."

- Michael W.

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“The team at Lockaby PLLC is professional, knowledgeable and responsive. Excellent choice for litigation counsel in Kentucky.”

- Carlos W.

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A shareholder or operating agreement is not extra paperwork. It is a core governance document that reduces risk, preserves relationships, and protects the business.

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