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Education
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University of Kentucky College of Law
J.D. 1972
Moot Court Board
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Western Kentucky University
B.S. 1970
Admissions
Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Service Areas
- Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
- Trusts & Estate Planning
Industry Experience
- Educational Institutions
- Not For Profit & Professional / Trade Organizations
- Religious Institutions
Memberships
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow, Kentucky State Chair
- American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
- Kentucky Bar Association, Trust and Estate Section (Past Chair)
- Fayette County Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
- Lexington Estate Planning Council, Member and Past President
- Kentucky Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Fayette County Bar Foundation, Fellow
Community Involvement
David Porter is chair of the firm's Personal Services Group. His practice focuses on trusts and estate administration, estate planning and charitable giving, charitable and non-profit organizations, estate and gift taxes, probate, and fiduciary law. He is listed in Kentucky Super Lawyers 2010-11 magazine and in The Best Lawyers in America® (2009-2012) for Trusts & Estates Law and Trusts & Estate Litigation in 2012.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- "Avoiding Problems with FLPs and FLLCs," 11th Annual Estate Planning Institute, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, April 25, 2008
- "Effective Use of Revocable Trusts and Estate Tax Exemptions for Tax Planning," The Louis D. Brandeis School of Law's Ninth Annual Estate Planning Institute, Louisville, Ky., April 28, 2006
- "Providing a Future for the Family Business," Successful Franchising, May 1998
- Summary Bulletin: Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Editor, Stites & Harbison, August 1997
More Than Stites & Harbison
David is a member of the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents (2008-14) and serves as Chair of the Finance Committee. He is also a board member of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation, Lexington Medical Society Foundation, Inc. and Lexington Public Library Foundation, Inc. David has served numerous civic and professional organizations which include the Kentucky Council on Higher Education (1988-96, Vice Chair, Chair of Finance Committee) and Kentucky Task Group on Tuition Policy Review (1991, 1995, Executive Committee Member and Chairman). In addition, he has served the Bluegrass Council Boy Scouts of America (Executive Board); Lexington Philharmonic Society, Inc. (President, 1994); and Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Public Building Corporation (Board Representative).