Lucas J. Asper

• Obtained summary judgment, which was affirmed on appeal, on behalf of a textile company with respect to a former employee’s defamation claims
• Represented a financial institution in an arbitration involving a former employee’s claims of age discrimination, wrongful discharge, and retaliation, securing complete judgment for the employer
• Obtained a favorable pre-certification resolution of a collective action against a hospitality company
• Obtained injunctive relief on behalf of multiple clients against former employees in violation of protective covenants and similar legal obligations
• Assisted a private college in obtaining summary judgment and a successful appellate result with respect to numerous claims filed by a former professor
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a public employer with respect to Title VII and § 1981 retaliation claims
• Served as sole trial counsel and obtained a defense jury verdict for a publicly-traded healthcare company with respect to a former employee’s claims of breach of contract and wage-related violations
• Assisted a national tool manufacturer in obtaining a positive result with respect to trade secrets, unfair competition, and related claims against a former employee and his new employer
• Represented numerous employers across various industries in responding to and defending administrative charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and other agencies

Education

• J.D., cum laude, University of South Carolina School of Law, 2008
• B.A., cum laude, Sociology, University of South Carolina, 2004

Admission to Practice

• South Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina

• Greenville Society for Human Resource Management (Board of Directors; Chair of Legislative Affairs Committee)
• American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Corporate Counsel Committee – Past Publications & Communications Editor)
• United Way of the Piedmont – Young Leaders Society (Past Chair of Advisory Board)
• Piedmont Care, Inc. (Past President of Board of Directors)

• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Multistate Monday, Election Edition: Legislative Action in the Works as the Ballot Boxes Open” – November 18, 2024
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Multistate Madness! In-House Counsel’s Role in Compliance” – Amelia Island – November 14, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Navigating the Future Landscape of Federal and Multistate Labor and Employment Laws” – September 5, 2024
• Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Rise of Incentive Compensation Clawbacks – “Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar” – Washington, D.C. – May 3, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Multistate Monday: Workplace Romance, Love Contracts, and Sexual Harassment Prevention” – March 4, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Multistate Monday: The Top 6 Groundhog Day Compliance Issues From Onboarding to Terminations and Everything in Between” – February 19, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2023: Multistate Monday—Updating Your Multistate Handbooks and Employment Agreements” – May 29, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “State Wars: Updating Your Multistate Handbooks and Employment Agreements Like a Jedi Master” – San Diego – May 11, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “The Remote Experience: Best Leave Practices Learned During the Pandemic” – Phoenix – May 5, 2022
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Pandemic Recovery: Round 1—Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Managing Leaves in a Remote World” – Amelia Island – November 11-12, 2021
• Workplace Strategies Virtual Seminar – “Beyond Discrimination and Accommodations: The Lesser-Known Forces of the ADA” – June 25, 2021
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Examining Your Examinations and Inquiring About Your Inquiries: Strategies for Legally Compliant Medical Evaluations” – Las Vegas – May 3, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Pardon the Interruption! Workplace Strategies Style” – San Diego – May 5, 2017
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “To Reassign, or not to Reassign, That is the Question: Vacant Positions and the Accommodation Requirement” – San Diego – May 4, 2017
• Elliott Davis Decosimo Construction Group – “Impact of Revised FLSA Part 541 Regulations on Employers” – Greenville – November 2016
• ACC SC Tri-City Briefing – “Spoiliation and E-Discovery” – Greenville – October 2016
• South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities HR Law Update – “Supreme Court Update: Employer-Friendly Title VII Decisions” – Greenville – September 2016
• South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities – “Applying the New FLSA Regulations to Higher Education” – Greenville – July 2016
• Greenville HR Roundtable – “Impact of New FLSA Regulations” – Greenville – June 2016
• Upstate Employers Network – “2016 Employee Handbook Workshop” – Greer – June 2016
• Certificate in Employment Law Series – “Employers’ Responsibilities Under the ADA and FMLA” – Charlotte – May 2016
• Certificate in Employment Law Series – “EEO Compliance” – Greenville – March 2016
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Ambush Election Statistics” – Spartanburg – January 2016
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Transgender and Gender Identity Issues” – Spartanburg – January 2016
• ACC SC Tri-City Briefing – “Confidentiality and Nondisparagement Clauses Under Attack” – Greenville – October 2015
• Greenville SHRM – “Arbitration in Employment” – Greer – October 2015
• Human Resources Law Update 2015 – “Leave as Reasonable Accommodations: How Much is Enough, and is Anything Unreasonable?” – Greenville – March 2015
• Emerging Employment and Labor Issues for 2015 – “FLSA Overtime Regulations” – Spartanburg – January 2015
• Emerging Employment and Labor Issues for 2015 – “NLRB Issues” – Spartanburg – January 2015
• Human Resources Law Update 2014 – “Understanding the Fine Line: Individual Rights Versus Responsible and Respectful Workplace Conduct” – Greenville – March 2014
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Federal Agency Update” – Spartanburg – March 2014
• Banyan Consulting Grou and the HR Group – “Handbook Policies: Those that Help Employers and Those that are Best Left Out” – Greenville – October 2013
• National Business Institute: HR Law – What You Need to Know – “Handbooks, Policies, and the NLRB” – Greenville – September 2013
• National Business Institute: HR Law – What You Need to Know – “Hiring/Recruiting” – Greenville – September 2013
• National Business Institute: HR Law – What You Need to Know – “Updates in Employment Law” – Greenville – September 2013
• Certificate in Employment Law Series – “EEO Compliance” – Columbia – May 2013
• Certificate in Employment Law Series – “EEO Compliance” – Greenville – March 2013
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Handbooks, Policies, and the NLRB” – Spartanburg – March 2013
• Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, 2010 Fall Retreat – “Labor Law Update” – Myrtle Beach – 2010

• June 2016 – Quarterly ACC SC Chapter Newsletter – “Wages and Trade Secrets and Gender, Oh My: The Circus of Employment Law Changes in May 2016”
• July 2009 – South Carolina Lawyer – “The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 and the Resulting Effects on the Law of the Workplace”
• Summer 2009 – Atlanta Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Newsletter – “Slipping Through the Cracks: An Analysis of Several of the Less Often Discussed but Equally Impactful Provisions of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009”
• 2007 – South Carolina Law Review, 58 S.C. L. Rev. 489 – “The Fair Market Value Method of Property Valuation in Eminent Domain: ‘Just Compensation’ or Just Barely Compensating?”

• March 12, 2024 – HR Dive – “What to watch as DOL’s independent contractor rule takes effect”
• April 1, 2020 – GSA Business Report – “Attorneys counsel businesses grappling with paid leave act”
• February 12, 2019 – SHRM Online – “These Federal and State Trends May Prompt Handbook Updates in 2019”
• May 9, 2017 – SHRM Online – “Letter Can Set Limits on ADA Reassignment Obligation”
• May 8, 2017 – SHRM Online – “Does Your Employee Handbook Need a Midyear Checkup?”

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation – Labor and Employment (2021-2025)
• South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star (2017-2018)
• Compleat Lawyer Award
• Robert McCormick Figg, Jr. Trial Advocacy Award
• Victor A. Michalewitz Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2024)