Stites & Harbison, PLLC

ATLANTA (Aug. 26, 2005)—Stites & Harbison announced today that Stephen Reams has joined its Atlanta office as Counsel.  Reams is a member of the firm's Construction Service Group, where his practice concentrates on construction litigation and construction contract drafting and negotiation.

Before Stites & Harbison, Reams was an associate at the Atlanta law firm of Alston & Bird, LLP, from 1999 to 2005.  From 1996 to 1999 he was an associate at Carlton Fields, located in Tampa, Fla.  He was also a student of German at the Goethe Institute in Atlanta, from 2001 to 2005, and is proficient in the German language.

Reams earned his Juris Doctor in 1996 from the University of Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Ind.  While in law school, he was an Articles Editor for the Journal of Legislation and participated in Notre Dame's Concannon Programme of International Law in London.

Prior to law school, he earned a B.A. in Economics in 1986 from Centre College located in Danville, Ky.  During his undergraduate studies, he was a Contributing Writer to the student newspaper and also a NCAA football player for four years.

Mr. Reams is admitted to practice in Georgia and Florida.

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison PLLC is a regional business and litigation firm with nearly 250 attorneys in Alexandria, VA; Atlanta, GA; Jeffersonville, IN; Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington, KY; Nashville, TN; and Washington, DC.  Twenty-two members of the firm are named in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America™, and over 70 percent of all members and counsel to the firm are listed as AV™-rated in the current Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory™.
Stites & Harbison strives to be a preeminent law firm based in strategic Southeastern locations and sought by leading business and institutional clients nationwide for sophisticated transactions, difficult litigation and complex regulatory matters.  The firm traces its origins to 1832.

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