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Jarrett J. Haskovec is Associate General Counsel at Arizona State University. Prior to this role, Haskovec served as Unit Chief Counsel of the Worker Protection Unit at the Arizona Attorney General's Office. Earlier in his career, he represented clients in private practice and served as the general counsel of an education-related nonprofit association. The primary focus of his law practice is on labor and employment law, education law, and administrative law. Haskovec is licensed in federal and state courts in Arizona, among others.
He earned his juris doctorate with distinction at the University of Iowa College of Law. While in law school, Haskovec externed at a federal district court and served as a research assistant with a focus on comparative employment discrimination law. In addition, he was both a student writer and the senior note and comment editor on a law journal. His note comparing and clarifying the burden of proof in cases of employment discrimination in the United States and the European Union was published in Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems.
Prior to law school, Haskovec received a bachelor's degree with honors and highest distinction in global studies and an international business certificate from the University of Iowa. Later, he received a graduate certificate in nonprofit management and leadership from Arizona State University. He studied abroad during college and law school in programs in Germany, Austria, Denmark, and France.
Haskovec is currently a part-time graduate student studying public policy in a master's program at ASU. Among other subjects, he is interested in public administration, the minimum wage, consumer protection, access to justice, the administration of justice, technology transfer, and place-based economic development policies.
● Juris Doctor with Distinction, The University of Iowa College of Law
● Master of Public Policy (anticipated 2027), Arizona State University
● Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University
● Bachelor of Arts with Honors and Highest Distinction in Global Studies, International Business Certificate, Minor in German, The University of Iowa
Public administration, the minimum wage, consumer protection, access to justice, the administration of justice, technology transfer, and place-based economic development policies
Jarrett Haskovec, The New Worker Protection Unit at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, in Arizona Attorney Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 5 (Jan. 2024), at 60-61.
Denise Blommel & Jarrett Haskovec, The Expansion of the State Board of Education’s Disciplinary Regime to Other Educators, in Arizona Attorney Magazine, Vol. 58, No. 5 (Jan. 2022), at 62-69.
Jarrett Haskovec, The Employment Contract, in Arizona Employment Law Handbook (Thomas M. Rogers ed., 3d ed., State Bar of Arizona 2017).
Jarrett Haskovec, A Beast of a Burden? The New EU Burden-of-Proof Arrangement in Cases of Employment Discrimination Compared to Existing U.S. Law, 14 Transnat’l L. & Contemp. Probs. 1069 (2005).
Co-Author of Papers on Arbitration Remedies Presented at AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LCC) Conference (Miami, FL, 2009)
● Stanley Lubin & Jarrett J. Haskovec, Summary Review of Arbitration Awards Regarding Integration of Seniority Lists During Mergers and Acquisitions
● Stanley Lubin & Jarrett J. Haskovec, Remedies When the Wrong Person Is Promoted
● Stanley Lubin & Jarrett J. Haskovec, Procedural Arbitrability and Waiver Issues
Anatomy of a Separation Agreement in Dismissal Cases (Arizona Education Association, AEA Legal Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, March 2022)
Lesser Discipline: The Return of the Contumacious Classroom Instructor (Allegedly) (Arizona Education Association, AEA Legal Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, March 2022)
Attorney Roundtable: COVID and Personnel Issues (Arizona School Boards Association, Law Conference, virtual, September 2020)
Addressing Issues of Safety and Violence Against School Employees (Arizona Education Association, Summer Institute, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2019)
Social Media and Professionalism (Paradise Valley Education Assoc., Phoenix, AZ, April 2019)
RED FOR ED: Building a Movement Out of a Moment (National Education Association/ NOLEA, New Orleans, LA, October 2018)
Janus: Antecedents, the Decision, and its Implications (Arizona Labor and Employment Relations Association, Phoenix, AZ, September 2018)
Plaintiff’s Primer: Wage & Hour Litigation (State Bar of Arizona/Arizona Employment Lawyers Association, Phoenix, AZ, January 20, 2016)
Employment Law Overview, Employment-at-Will, and Right-to-Work Laws (Arizona Summit Law School, 2015)
The Duty to Bargain Under the NLRA, Just Cause, and A Union’s Duty of Fair Representation (El Paso, TX, 2015)
Teacher Dismissal in Arizona (Arizona Education Assoc., Annual Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, 2015)
Really? Forcing Defendants to Narrow the Issues in Dispute in Pleading Practice (Arizona Employment Lawyers Association, Annual Convention, Casa Grande, AZ, 2015)
A Union’s Duty of Fair Representation (Phoenix School of Law, Phoenix, AZ, 2013)
Procedural Due Process and Right to a Hearing (El Paso, TX, 2013)
Notice of Claims in Arizona: Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them (Arizona Education Association, Education Employment Law Seminar, 2012)
Labor Law Developments in Arizona (Arizona State Bar, Employment and Labor Law Section, Annual Seminar, 2011)
ADA and FMLA for Caregivers and Patients (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Phx., AZ, 2010)
Weingarten Rights During Investigatory Interviews (El Paso, TX, 2008)
Thomas M. Rogers Public Service Award (2021)
Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation (2018)
Super Lawyers – Employment and Labor (2015-2018)
40 Under 40, Phoenix Business Journal (2015)
Super Lawyers – Rising Star (2013-2014)
Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated (2013)
Person of Hope, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (2012)
Erich D. Mathias International Social Justice Award (2005)
Phi Beta Kappa Society (2001)
Senior Note and Comment Editor, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 14 (2004-2005)
American Bar Association (member)
State Bar of Arizona (member)
Arizona State University, Associate General Counsel (December 2024-Present)
Arizona Attorney General's Office, Unit Chief Counsel, Worker Protection Unit (May 2023-December 2024)
Arizona Education Association, General Counsel (2018-2023)
Lubin & Enoch, P.C., Vice-President and Shareholder (2013-2018), Associate and Senior Associate (2005-2012)
Arizona Employment Lawyers Association (former board member, vice-president, and president)
Arizona Labor and Employment Relations Association (former board member)
ABA Committee for Practice and Procedure under the NLRA (former co-chair for Region 28)
State Bar of Arizona, Revised Arizona Jury Instructions, Employment Law Subcommittee (member)