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Education
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University of Kentucky College of Law
J.D. 1976
Order of the Coif; Top 10 Percent; Lead Articles Editor, Kentucky Law Journal
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Western Kentucky University
B.S., magna cum laude, 1965
Business Administration / Economics
Admissions
Kentucky
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Service Areas
- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate Advocacy
- Business Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Disputes - Contracts and Business Torts
- Pretrial Practice & eDiscovery
- Government and Regulatory Litigation
- Health Care - Regulatory and Compliance
- Health Care Litigation and Investigations
- Mining & Natural Resources
- State and Local Tax
- Taxation
- Sustainability & Emerging Technologies
- Energy & Electrical Power Law
- Coal & Non-Coal Resources
Industry Experience
- Construction
- Gaming
- Government Procurement & Contracts
- Industrial / Manufacturing Facilities
- Natural Resources / Mining / Energy
- Telecommunications
- Utilities / Infrastructure
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Kentucky Chamber of Commerce (Director), Fiscal Policy Committee; Economic Development Committee
- Kentucky Bar Association
- American Property Tax Counsel
". . . a committed lawyer who is excellent at presenting our side of things."
-ChambersUSA 2008
Bruce Clark focuses on Kentucky state administrative law, including regulations and litigation matters. He has had extensive dealings with the Kentucky Department of Revenue, the Kentucky Public Service Commission and the Kentucky Insurance Department. He actively tracks and promotes tax and other economic legislation before the Kentucky General Assembly.
Mr. Clark served as lead counsel to the taxpayer in a national precedent-setting case on the right of a unitary, multi-corporate group to file a combined state tax return.
He also was successful in overturning an unconstitutional Kentucky motor vehicle tax, reaping a multi-million dollar recovery for the state's trucking industry.
Recent Assignments
- Served as lead counsel in a complex takings case before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.
- Prevailed in class action for Kentucky corporate taxpayers on the constitutionality of license tax statutes. The result was tax refunds and an abatement of the assessments at more than $30 million.
- Served as co-lead counsel in extensive utility contract litigation between large international companies.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- Numerous articles and seminars on various state tax topics ranging from new case law to legislation pending in the Kentucky General Assembly
- Speaker, "How to Reduce Your Clients' Property Tax Bills," Kentucky State Tax Conference sponsored by the Kentucky Society of CPA's, January 2005
- Speaker, "Please Pass the S.A.L.T. (State and Local Taxes)," sponsored by Strothman & Company, July 2004
Before Stites & Harbison
He served in Germany and Vietnam as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was awarded two Bronze Stars.
More than Stites & Harbison
Bruce has served as President of the Frankfort (Ky.) Chamber of Commerce and was a participant in Leadership Kentucky. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (1991-2012) in the categories of Administrative Law, Corporate Law, and Energy Law for 2012, Kentucky Super Lawyers magazine (2010-11) and Chambers USA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business." He is a board member of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the group's Fiscal Policy and Economic Development Committees.
Besides Stites & Harbison
Mr. Clark hits the links whenever possible.