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Education
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University of Notre Dame Law School
J.D. 2004
Dean's Fellowship; Law Review, Article Editor; Intellectual Property Law Society; Business Law Association; First Year Orientation Guidebook Committee; Fellowship Weekend Committee; Admissions Office Volunteer
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University of Notre Dame
B.A., cum laude, 2001
Program of Liberal Studies
University of Notre Dame Scholar; Dean's List; Resident Assistant, 2000-2001
Admissions
Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Service Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Airport Law
- Appellate Advocacy
- Business Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Class Action, Mass Action & Multi-District Litigation
- Commercial Disputes - Contracts and Business Torts
- Complex / Large Litigation
- Fiduciary Duty, Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Litigation
- Financial Institutions Litigation and Subprime Litigation
- Multi-State, Multi-District and Serial Litigation
- Trial Practice
Industry Experience
- Airports / Aviation
- Arbitration / Mediation / Dispute Resolution
- Banking / Financial Services
- Construction
- Entertainment / Leisure / Media
- Financing
- Gaming
- Health Care
- Industrial / Manufacturing Facilities
- Insurance Carriers/Brokers/Agents
- Not For Profit & Professional / Trade Organizations
- Real Estate / Real Estate Development
- Telecommunications
- Transportation, Highways & Bridges
- Utilities / Infrastructure
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation, Board of Directors
- American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Chad McTighe is a Member in the Louisville office. He is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group and the Class Action Defense and Appellate Advocacy teams. He represents clients in a wide range of business and commercial litigation matters, including extensive practice in class action litigation, shareholder and membership disputes, and fiduciary duty litigation. He is BV® Distinguished Peer Review Rated in the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory.
Example Engagements
- Obtained summary judgment for defendant in putative class action asserting multiple claims arising from alleged data breach
- Successfully tried commercial lease dispute resulting in judgment in favor of client in all respects. Rowe v. Louisville Galleria, LLC, 444 B.R. 738 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 2011).
- Obtained summary judgment on various statutory and constitutional claims challenging regulation of airport ground transportation. Executive Transp. Sys., LLC v. Louisville Reg’l Airport Auth., 678 F. Supp. 2d 498 (W.D. Ky. 2010).
- Defeated Plaintiffs’ effort to certify a class of current and former employees in litigation involving alleged violations of Kentucky wage and hour laws and obtained decertification of collective action involving parallel claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Oetinger v. First Residential Mortgage Network, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61877 (W.D. Ky. July 16, 2009).
- Briefed and argued appeal involving standards concerning fiduciary duty and diversion of business opportunities for limited liability companies, matters of first impression in Kentucky. Patmon v. Hobbs, 280 S.W.3d 589 (Ky. App. 2009).
- Defense of numerous class actions involving a variety of claims relating to insurance and annuities.
- Member of a team of lawyers involved in complex environmental remediation litigation, and one of the drafters of summary judgment briefing. SeeWestlake Vinyls, Inc. v. Goodrich Corp., 518 F. Supp. 2d 902 (W.D. Ky. 2007) and Westlake Vinyls, Inc. v. Goodrich Corp., 518 F. Supp. 2d 918 (W.D. Ky. 2007).
Before Stites & Harbison
During law school, Chad worked as a summer associate at Stites & Harbison. He was an assistant rector of O'Neill Family Hall (2002-04) at the University of Notre Dame. While in college, Chad worked for three summers as an intern in information technology at Stock Yards Bank & Trust in Louisville and as a resident assistant at Notre Dame for one year.
More Than Stites & Harbison
Chad is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation. He also serves as a volunteer attorney representing victims of domestic violence. He regularly participates in numerous other volunteer activities, including the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.