Kevin E. Hyde
Partner
Kevin Hyde works with employers to mitigate risks, prevent problems, and litigate on behalf of clients when their actions are challenged. Established in the Jacksonville area and entrenched in civic organizations for decades, Kevin has been recognized numerous times as 鈥淟awyer of the Year鈥 in Jacksonville by Best Lawyers. He puts his knowledge of the business climate and experience with community matters to work for clients.
A partner and employment lawyer with 番茄社区; Lardner LLP, Kevin represents employers in a variety of human resources matters. His practice focuses on ongoing employment counseling and workplace safety, as well as representation of employers in numerous charges of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage-hour, and management-union matters.
Kevin is the former managing partner of the firm鈥檚 Jacksonville office and a former chair of the Labor & Employment Practice. He is a member of the Automotive and Food & Beverage Industry Teams and the Manufacturing Sector.
Kevin speaks regularly about employment issues at national, regional, and state-wide business and civic organization conventions across the country.
Awards and Recognition
- Stand-out Lawyer – Thomson Reuters (2026)
- Peer review rated as AV Preeminent庐, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell庐 Peer Review Ratings鈩
- The Best Lawyers in America漏
- Labor and Employment Law (1999聽鈥撀2011, 2023)
- Employment Law 鈥 Management; Labor Law 鈥 Management and Litigation; Labor & Employment (2011 鈥撀2026)
- Jacksonville’s “Lawyer of the Year” by聽Best Lawyers庐
- Labor Law – Management (2019, 2021, 2023)
- Employment Law – Management (2018)
- Litigation – Labor and Employment (2024)
- Who鈥檚 Who Legal USA听鈥 Management Labor & Employment
- Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business –聽Labor & Employment (2008聽鈥撀2026)
- Florida鈥檚 Legal Elite鈩 by聽Florida Trend magazine
- Florida Super Lawyers庐听(2006听鈥撀2018)
Affiliations
- Florida Bar Labor and Employment Certification Committee – Member
- Florida Bar Labor and Employment Section – Past chair
Community Involvement
- University of North Florida 鈥 Chair, board of trustees
- Jacksonville City Council – Past president
- Florida State College of Jacksonville 鈥 Former interim president
- Jacksonville Public Education Fund 鈥 Chair, board of directors
- Library Foundation of Jacksonville 鈥 Chair, board of directors
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