Related Information
Education
-
University of Kentucky College of Law
J.D. 1948
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
-
University of Kentucky
B.A. 1946
Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
Kentucky
Service Areas
- Business Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Complex / Large Litigation
- Professional Liability (Non-Medical Professionals)
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Fayette County Bar Association
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- Annual Judicial Conference of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Kentucky Defense Counsel
- House of Delegates Kentucky Bar Association, Chairman, 1965
- Served on occasion as Special Justice of Supreme Court of Kentucky
- National Conference of Bar Presidents
- Served on occasion as Special Judge of Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Ben L. Kessinger is a litigator whose practice has included the defense of product liability, insurance, legal professional malpractice claims. In the 55-plus years B.L. has lawyered, he has also handled business transactions, negligence and personal injury claims (both plaintiff or defendant) and railroad representations.
B.L. is one of the firm's eight Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has also served as the president of the Kentucky Bar Association and of the Fayette County Bar Association. B.L. was with the Lexington firm of Harbison, Kessinger, Lisle & Bush, which merged in 1984 with Stites, McElwain & Fowler, combining to form Stites & Harbison. In 2004, Henry Clay High School named B.L. to its Hall of Fame in recognition of his many contributions to the Lexington community and of his professional achievements. In 1994, the Kentucky Bar Association selected B.L. as the "Outstanding Lawyer in Kentucky,"
Before Stites & Harbison
Besides Stites & Harbison