McLain, Patrick J.

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.

Community Involvement

Kentucky Educational Television, Election Commentator, 1979-2007
WHAS Radio, Legal Commentator, 1975-1978
WHAS-TV, Legal Commentator, 1979-1980
Greater Louisville, Inc., Energy Policy Committee, Chair, 2008-2008
Greater Louisville, Inc., Public Policy Committee, 2007
Greater Louisville, Inc., Budget Task Force, 2010
Citizens for Better Judges, Attorney Steering Committee, 1992-1993
Anchorage Fire Protection District, Trustee, Secretary, 1982-1989
Jefferson County EMS Advisory Board, 1986-1987
Society of Professional Journalists, Louisville Chapter