Related Information
Education
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University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
J.D. 1980
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University of Kentucky
M.B.A. 1974
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University of Kentucky
B.A. 1969
Admissions
Kentucky
Service Areas
- Business & Corporate Services
- Corporate Finance & Securities Offerings
- Corporate General Services
- Financial Institutions
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Industry Experience
- Financing
Memberships
- ABA Banking Law Committee
- American Bar Association
- Fayette County Bar Association
- Jefferson County Bar Association
- Kappa Alpha Order
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Lexington Club
- Peoples Exchange Bank of Beattyville, Director
Community Involvement
- Peoples Exchange Bank of Beattyville, Ky., Director
- The Lexington Club, Director
Walt Byrne has an established practice in financial institutions law and regulation, business planning, corporate law, securities law, mergers and acquisitions and chartering of financial institutions.
Recent Assignments
- He has represented numerous banks and bank holding companies in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
Walt is a frequent author and speaker on corporate and banking topics, including:
- "Legal Issues for Financial Institutions," University of Kentucky, in five of the last several years
- "Federal Reserve Liberalizes Policy Guidelines for Debt for Many Bank Holding Companies," Kentucky Bankers Magazine, June 2006
Before Stites & Harbison
He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army following college and served in Vietnam. After earning an MBA in 1974, he was a commercial banker at First National Bank of Louisville through 1980.
More than Stites & Harbison
He is a director of Peoples Exchange Bank of Beattyville, Ky., and The Lexington Club and formerly served as director of Sayre School. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2007-2012) in the categories of Banking & Finance Law and Financial Services Regulation Law for 2012.
Besides Stites & Harbison
He enjoys playing golf, tennis and reading.