Stites & Harbison, PLLC

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (November 12, 2007)—Stites & Harbison announced today the addition of 19 new associates firm-wide.

Here is a closer look at the Atlanta attorney.  He is admitted to practice in Georgia.

Kenneth B. Franklin is a member of the Construction Service Group.  He graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining the firm, Franklin was a summer associate for Stites & Harbison in 2006.  He was also a summer associate for Burr & Forman, LLP, in 2006 and for Green, Johnson & Landers, LLP, in 2005.

Here is a closer look at the Frankfort, Ky., attorney.  He is admitted to practice in Kentucky.

David M. Stout is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group.  He graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2007.  Prior to joining the firm, Stout was a summer associate in the Lexington office in 2006.  He was also law clerk to James T. Harris, Esq., in the summers of 2004 and 2005.

Here is a closer look at the Lexington, Ky., attorneys.  All are admitted to practice in Kentucky.

Haley Martin Dickerson is a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group.  She graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Dickerson was a summer associate with the firm in 2005 and 2006.  She also was a judicial intern to Judge Gary D. Payne, Fayette Circuit Court Second Division; a research assistant with Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta; an intern at The White House, Office of Vice President Cheney, Legislative Affairs in Washington, D.C.; and an intern with the Office of the Honorable Sonny Callahan, U.S. House of Representatives, in Washington, D.C.

Valorie D. Smith is a member of the Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group and the Torts & Insurance Practice Service Group.  She graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2007.  Prior to joining the firm, Smith was a summer associate for Stites & Harbison in 2006.  She also served a judicial internship with Hon. Gary D. Payne, Fayette County Circuit Court, was a juvenile post-disposition law clerk for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Public Advocacy and a court designated worker for the Kentucky State Administrative Office of the Courts.  Prior to law school, Smith worked for the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division 2nd Department, as a senior appellate court clerk and a senior appellate court officer / attendant and with the New York State Supreme Court, Bronx Family Court as a court officer.

Here is a closer look at the Louisville, Ky., attorneys.  All are admitted to practice in Kentucky, with the exception of Benjamin Walker Entwistle, who is admitted to practice in Georgia.

Benjamin "Walker" Entwistle is a member of the Capital Markets Service Group.  He graduated from Washington and Lee University School of Law, cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Entwistle was a summer clerk for Hon. Boyce F. Martin, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  He also was a summer clerk for Brown-Forman Corporation in 2005 and a project assistant for King & Spaulding from 2003 to 2004.  Entwistle is admitted to practice in Georgia.

Erin L. Guy is a member of the Torts & Insurance Practice Service Group.  She graduated from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, magna cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Guy was a summer associate at Stites & Harbison in 2006.  She was also a law clerk with Willis, McKenzie, DeGennaro & Alford, LLP, in 2005.

Steven M. Henderson is a member of the Construction Service Group.  He graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law, magna cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Henderson was a summer associate at Stites & Harbison in 2005 and 2006.  Prior to law school, he was a geotechnical engineer with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet from 1999 to 2004.  Henderson is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Kentucky.

Michael K. Kim is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group.  He graduated from the University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining the firm, Kim was a summer associate at Stites & Harbison in 2006.  Kim held various positions from 2003 to 2005, including certified legal intern with the Law Offices of the Public Defender for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, public interest law fellow for the University of Miami School of Law, Children & Youth Law Clinic and paralegal project manager for Bingham McCutchen LLP.  From 1998 to 2003, he was a computer programmer / consultant.

W. Robert Meyer is a member of the Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group.  He graduated from Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington in 2002.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Meyer was a law clerk for Hon. Basil H. Lorch, III, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana from 2003 to 2007.  Prior to law school, he was an economic program analyst for the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Economics Division, from 1997 to 1999.

Rachel Owsley is a member of the Business & Finance Service Group.  She graduated from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, magna cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Owsley was a summer associate for Stites & Harbison in 2005 and 2006. 

Karen M. Paulin is a member of the Labor & Employment Service Group.  She graduated from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, magna cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Paulin was a summer associate at Stites & Harbison in 2005 and 2006.  Prior to law school, she was director/vice president of human resources at Metro United Way.  Paulin is a Senior Professional in Human Resources and holds an MBA from the University of Louisville's College of Business.

Sean Renfroe is a member of the Capital Markets Service Group.  He graduated from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, magna cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining the firm, Renfroe was a legal clerk at Weber & Rose and a legal intern with the Kings County District Attorney's Office.  Prior to law school, Renfroe was a title examiner with Russell T. Quarterman, P.C.

Cooper Robertson is a member of the Capital Markets Service Group.  He graduated from Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, magna cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Robertson was a judicial clerk for Hon. William L. Stocks, Chief Judge and Hon. Thomas W. Waldrep, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and a law clerk for Weber & Rose.

Lauran M. Sturm is a member of the Capital Markets Service Group.  She graduated from Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington, magna cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining the firm, Sturm was a summer associate at Stites & Harbison in 2005 and 2006.

K. Kelly White is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group and the Health Care Practice Group.  She graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, White was a summer associate for Stites & Harbison in 2006.  She also completed a judicial internship with Fayette District Court, was a summer associate with Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, in 2005, was a legal assistant with White, White & Crenshaw in Hopkinsville in 2004 and a legal assistant with Padgett, Whitworth, Donohue & Mickiewicz in Memphis from 2002 to 2004.

Steven R. Wilson is a member of the Capital Markets Service Group.  He graduated from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Wilson was a law clerk with Vaughn & Associates, PLLC.  Prior to law school, Wilson was a technician/courthouse researcher with Bluegrass Land Survey, Inc., from 1994 to 2004, and was an office assistant with Eastern Kentucky University, University Counsel, from 1999 to 2001.

Terry L. Wright is a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group.  He graduated from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, cum laude, in 2007.  Prior to joining the firm, Wright was a law clerk at the Office of the Jefferson County Attorney.  Prior to law school, Wright was a biomedical research assistant in laboratories at both the University of Cincinnati and University of Louisville from 2000 to 2004, and was an operating room assistant at the University of Louisville Hospital from 1997 to 1999.

Here is a closer look at the Nashville, Tenn., attorneys.  They are both admitted to practice in Tennessee.

F. David T. Arens is a member of the Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2006 and Yale University in 1995.  Prior to joining the firm, Arens was a law clerk to Hon. Cornelia A. Clark, Tennessee Supreme Court; a summer law clerk with two divisions of the Tennessee Attorney General's Office; and an intern to Governor Phil Bredesen's Legal Counsel, Robert E. Cooper, Jr.  Before becoming an attorney, David spent nine years in the forest products industry, first as an executive at a Connecticut manufacturing firm and later in management and marketing for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and related organizations in the United States and Mexico.

Melissa C. Hunter is a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group and the Business Litigation Service Group.  She graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2007.  Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Hunter was a summer associate with the firm in 2006.  She also was an intern with the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Judge Sharon Lee and a law clerk with Tennessee Attorney General Paul Summers.  Prior to law school, Hunter was recruiting assistant with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, from 2003 to 2004.

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison, PLLC, is a regional business and litigation firm with attorneys in Alexandria, Va.; Atlanta; Jeffersonville, Ind.; Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington, Ky.; Nashville and Franklin, Tenn.; and Washington, DC.  Sixty-three Stites & Harbison lawyers are named in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, and nearly 70 percent of all members and counsel to the firm are listed as AV®-rated in the current Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®.  The firm traces its origins to 1832.

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