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Education
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University of Miami School of Law
LL.M. 1981
Taxation
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Lewis & Clark Law School
J.D., with high distinction, 1980
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University of Iowa
B.A. 1977
American History with minor in Education
Admissions
Kentucky
Iowa
Service Areas
- Business & Corporate Services
- Entrepreneurial Services
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Taxation
- Corporate General Services
- Affordable Housing
Industry Experience
- Entrepreneurism
- International
- Venture Capital / Private Equity
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
Community Involvement
". . . excellent results . . ."
- ChambersUSA 2005
Jim Seiffert is a Member of the firm based in its Louisville office, where he is a member of the Business & Corporate Services and Tax Service Groups. He has been with Stites & Harbison since 1986 and his practice focuses on venture capital financing, closely held business, taxation, mergers and acquisitions and general business law.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- "The EB-5 VISA Program," co-presenter with Adel Elmankabady and Nirupama Kulkami, The HUB Atlanta, Feburary 15, 2012
- Metro Louisville Department of Innovation luncheonwith Ted Smith, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, August 23, 2011
- "The EB-5 VISA Program: An Innovative Entrepreneurial Approach to Financing U.S. Economic Growth," EB-5 Visa Immigrant Investor Program, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Louisville, July 27, 2011
- "Raising the bar on the community benefit standard for non-profit healthcare providers," Medical News, January 2011
More Than Stites & Harbison
A widely respected authority on business entities, Mr. Seiffert was co-chair of the 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act Committee, which drafted and amended KRS Chapter 275, the Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act. He was also the founding editor of the Innovation Newsletter for the firm. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America®(2006-2012) for Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Tax Law for 2012, Kentucky Super Lawyers (2008-11) magazine and ChambersUSA "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," 2003-11. He is also President of the Kentucky Bar Association Business Law Section, 2006. Jim is a member of the University of Louisville Entrepreneurial Council (2003-present), a director of the Executive Committee for the Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation (2001-present), director and member of the executive committee of the Kentucky World Trade Center (2008-present), and director of Association of Capital Growth Kentucky.