Practice Areas
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Class and Collective Action Litigation
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Employment Law
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Appellate Practice
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Complex Commercial Litigation
Education
University of Georgia School of Law
- J.D. 2012, summa cum laude
(top 6% in class, 13 of 232) - Executive Notes Editor, Georgia Journal of Int’l & Comparative Law II
University of Georgia
- B.A. 2009, Anthropology
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Georgia
Court Admissions
- U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, Southern District of Indiana, and Western District of Tennessee
- Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
Lennon B. Haas
Lennon Haas defends and counsels companies of all sizes in employment-related matters in state and federal courts throughout the nation, with a focus on complex class, collective, and representative actions involving claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws. Lennon also has significant appellate experience defending clients in a variety of causes of action. Lennon’s results include groundbreaking appellate decisions, trial victories, defeating class/collective certification, and winning dismissals and summary judgment in a wide variety of employment-related cases.
Lennon’s litigation experience informs his counseling work. After spending more than a decade defending companies against wage claims, discrimination and retaliation claims, in commercial disputes, and against consumer financial services causes of action, Lennon has the experience and insight to help employers and businesses proactively identify and mitigate a variety of risks. Lennon’s advice and counsel is also informed by a strong belief that more brains are better than one. To that end, Lennon leverages KCO’s unparalleled bench of professionals to provide his clients with the right solutions.
Lennon also has a strong interest in pro bono legal work. He serves on the board of directors for Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer’s Foundation and regularly counsels indigent individuals experiencing housing crises. Lennon also accepts appointments by federal courts of appeal in matters the court appoints counsel in.
Before joining KCO, Lennon clerked for three different federal judges in the Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia, and spent seven years at one of the country’s largest management side labor and employment law firms. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing, spending time with his wife and son, and culinary adventures of all stripes.
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of airline in putative nationwide class action brought by hourly employees claiming his client breached contract to pay overtime.
- Defended nano technology company in California state court appeal involving denial of motion to compel arbitration.
- Defended large health insurance company against Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions in seven states involving more than $500 million in exposure.
- Created novel personal jurisdiction argument that prevailed on appeal before the Sixth Circuit which limits plaintiffs’ ability to pursue nationwide Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions.
- Drafted amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of human resources management interest group.
- Defended staffing company in Ninth Circuit appeal regarding whether Rule 23 provides courts authority to invalidate arbitration agreements in response to purportedly misleading communications with putative class.
- Defeated collective action certification in enterprise-wide Fair Labor Standards Act case on behalf of large grocery store chain potentially involving 26,000 current and former employees.
- Obtained order permitting pre-certification discovery in putative Fair Labor Standards Act collective action in circuit applying lenient standard for conditional certification.
- Defended logistics company against Fair Labor Standards Act overtime claims by former yard hostler.
- Led defense of wage/hour investigation by United States Department of Labor into operations of national trucking company.
- Defeated ADA failure to accommodate claims on summary judgment against national furniture retailer.
- Won motions to compel in multiple breach of contract actions in various federal district courts on behalf of Fortune 50 healthcare company.
- Defended FMLA retaliation claim brought by former salesperson on behalf of national retail company.
- Appointed as counsel before the Eleventh Circuit for federal inmate challenging civil forfeiture portion of sentence as unconstitutional under newly decided Supreme Court precedent.
- Defended numerous pro bono indigent tenants in dispossessory proceedings.
- Canaday v. The Anthem Companies, Inc., 9 F.4th 392 (6th Cir. 2021) (limiting FLSA collective actions to employees who worked for employer in the venue the lawsuit was brought unless that venue permits the exercise of general personal jurisdiction).
- Roberts v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., Case No. 8:23-cv-02447-WFJ-CPT, 2024 WL 4753703 (M.D. Fla. Nov. 12, 2024) (denying renewed motion for conditional certification of FLSA collective action because pre-certification discovery highlighted individuated nature of plaintiffs’ claims).
Board of Directors, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer’s Foundation, 2024-Present
- 2025 One to Watch, The Best Lawyers
- Pro Bono Partner of the Year (2024)