Peter Jannace
Peter Jannace has broad experience in representing clients in administrative law, civil rights, class actions and other complex litigation, constitutional law, consumer protection, education law, employment law, family law and probate law.
Mr. Jannace is a 2010 graduate of the University of Louisville, and earned his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 2013.
Peter Jannace practices judo and taekwondo with his son, Giovanni. He lives in Crestwood, Kentucky with his wife, Andrea, his son, Giovanni, his two dogs and one turtle.
Areas Of Practice
- Administrative Law
- Labor and Employment
Education
- Hofstra University School of Law, J.D., 2013
- University of Louisville, B.S., 2010
Languages
English
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky, 2014
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 2014
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2021
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2019
Experience
- Steele v. City of Harrodsburg, 5:23-cv-00154-REW-MAS (E.D. Ky. July 18, 2025) (Peter was co-counsel for plaintiffs on a case that went to trial and the jury returned a verdict of $1M for them ($500K each): https://www.iaff.org/news/federal-jury-awards-1-million-to-iaff-members-fired-for-union-organizing/)
- Gen. Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers, Loc. Union 89, Affiliated with Int’l Bhd. of Teamsters v. Kenton Cnty. Airport Bd., No. CV 2:24-121-DCR, 2024 WL 3681417, at *1 (E.D. Ky. Aug. 6, 2024) (granting preliminary injunction restraining and enjoining Kenton County Airport Board and its chief of police from interfering with Teamsters’ picketing at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport)
- Savidge v. Pharm-Save, Inc., 727 F. Supp. 3d 661 (W.D. Ky. 2024) (granting Plaintiffs’ contested Motion for Class Certification under Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 23(b)(3) in a data breach class action)
- Reetz v. Advocate Aurora Health, Inc., 405 Wis.2d 298 (Wis. App. 2022) (reversing order dismissing data breach class action, and holding that post breach fraudulent bank charges constituted injury in fact and actual damages under Wisconsin law)
- Smith v. Bennett, 644 S.W.3d 516 (Ky. App. 2021) (reversing judgment in favor of Laurel County Schools, and holding that tenured teachers are not divested of portable tenure by working for less than a full school year for intervening years)
- Clemons v. Shelby Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 818 Fed. Appx. 453, (6th Cir. 2020) (reversing summary judgment in favor of defendants, in part, and finding triable issue of fact as to claim pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act)
- McQuillan ex rel. Schneider v. Cab. for Health & Fam. Servs., No. 2018-CA-000885-MR, 2019 WL 4233167, (Ky. App. Sep. 6, 2019) (invalidating 900 KAR 2:050, as contrary to the Residents’ Rights Act, KRS 216.510, et seq.)
- Smith v. City of Hillview, No. 3:18-cv-00595-CRS-CHL (W.D. Ky. 2019) ($100,000.00 settlement for unlawful search and seizure)
- Hughes v. Ky. Unemp’t Ins. Comm’n, No. 2017-CA-001105-MR, 2018 WL 6444021, (Ky. App. Dec. 7, 2018) (reversing trial court, and the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission, by finding that final agency action did not comport with the “residuum rule”, and was therefore not supported by substantial evidence)
- Hardin v. Jeff. Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 558 S.W.3d 1 (Ky. App. 2018) (reversing trial court, and holding that KRS 161.765 counts administrative experience accrued across school districts)
Professional Honors and Activities
- American Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association