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Education
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University of Kentucky College of Law
J.D. 1977
Editor-in-Chief Kentucky Law Journal; Order of the Coif; Manager of Continuing Legal Education Publications
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University of Pennsylvania
M.A. 1974
English Literature
National Defense Education Act Fellow
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Centre College
B.A., cum laude, 1968
Omicron Delta Kappa, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Admissions
New York
Kentucky
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 Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Tax Court
Service Areas
- Airport Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Business Litigation
- Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Disputes - Contracts and Business Torts
- Company Management, Governance and Control Litigation
- Complex / Large Litigation
- Conservation Easements
- Fiduciary Duty, Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Litigation
- Financial Institutions Litigation and Subprime Litigation
- Government and Regulatory Litigation
- Professional Liability (Non-Medical Professionals)
- Real Estate and Land Use Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Trade Association Law
Industry Experience
- Banking / Financial Services
- Financing
- Land Conservation
- Not For Profit & Professional / Trade Organizations
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Kentucky Heritage Council, Chairman
- Episcopal Church Home, President of the Board of Directors
- Brennan House, Inc., President of the Board of Directors
- Yew Dell, Inc., Secretary of the Board of Director
- River Fields, Inc., volunteer General Counsel
- St. Luke's Chapel, Senior Warden
". . . highly analytical and takes a practical, common-sense approach."
- ChambersUSA 2010
". . . bright and dedicated . . ."
- ChambersUSA 2008
Bob Griffith focuses on corporate, commercial and real estate litigation. He has also had extensive experience in employment litigation, particularly in the enforcement of covenants not to compete signed by senior employees. Several of his clients have been energy and utility companies. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2007-2012) for Commercial Litigation, Land Use & Zoning Litigation and Trusts & Estates Litigation for 2012, Kentucky Super Lawyers magazine (2008-11) and in Chambers USA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business."
Before Stites & Harbison
Prior to joining the firm in 1982, Mr. Griffith was with the New York law firm of White & Case.
More Than Stites & Harbison
Bob was appointed chairman of the Kentucky Heritage Council in 2011. He also serves on the board of Yew Dell, Inc., the Episcopal Church Home and the Mary Anderson Center. He also acts as volunteer General Counsel to River Fields, Inc.