Stites & Harbison, PLLC

LOUISVILLE, KY—Stites & Harbison announced today that 72 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).  Those attorneys, with their practice areas, include:

• Katherine S. Allen(Banking Law; Equipment Finance Law)
• Stephen G. Allen (Energy Law; Environmental Law; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law)
• John A. Bartlett (Employee Benefits Law)
• Robert M. Beck, Jr. (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
• Joel T. Beres (Information Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law)
• Julian L. Bibb (Banking Law; Corporate Law; Land Use & Zoning Law)
• C. Craig Bradley, Jr. (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law)
• Bethany A. Breetz (Appellate Law)
• Carol Dan Browning (Mass Tort Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation)
• Robert N. Buchanan, III (Banking Law; Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law)
• Walter R. Byrne, Jr. (Banking Law)
• A. Stuart Campbell (Corporate Law)
• Bruce F. Clark (Administrative Law; Corporate Law; Energy Law; Tax Law)
• Philip W. Collier (Commercial Litigation)
• Robert M. Connolly (Commercial Litigation)
• Janet A. Craig (Health Care Law)
• Brian A. Cromer (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
• Charles J. Cronan IV (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation)
• R. Daniel Douglass (Construction Law)
• W. Blaine Early, III (Environmental Law; Water Law)
• J. Bryan Echols (Land Use & Zoning Law)
• John M. Famularo (Personal Injury Litigation)
• Douglass C. E. Farnsley (Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation)
• Matthew Gillies (Construction Law)
• Robert C. Goodrich, Jr. (Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law)
• Anne E. Gorham (Construction Law)
• William T. Gorton, III (Energy Law; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law)
• Charles A. Grice (Banking Law)
• Robert W. Griffith (Commercial Litigation)
• Garry K. Grooms (Commercial Litigation)
• William H. Haden, Jr. (Real Estate Law)
• W. Thomas Halbleib, Jr. (Banking Law; Corporate Law)
• Joseph L. Hamilton (Commercial Litigation)
• Joseph L. Hardesty (Construction Law)
• T. Kennedy Helm III (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Public Finance Law)
• Alex P. Herrington, Jr. (Public Finance Law)
• Michael J. Hinchion (Banking Law)
• Barry A. Hines (Real Estate Law)
• Buckner Hinkle, Jr. (Commercial Litigation; Construction Law)
• J. D. Humphries, III (Construction Law)
• Alfred S. Joseph, III (Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law)
• J. Clarke Keller (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
• Laura D. Keller (Environmental Law)
• Jeffrey R. King (Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law)
• James G. Martin, III (Family Law)
• Thomas E. Meng (Energy Law; Environmental Law; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law; Real Estate Law)
• Barbara J. Moss (Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law)
• Marc S. Murphy (Commercial Litigation)
• Mark Overstreet (Administrative Law; Communications Law; Energy Law)
• Gregory P. Parsons (Construction Law)
• William L. Penny (Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Water Law)
• Marvin Petry (Intellectual Property Law
• J. David Porter, Jr. (Trusts and Estates)
• David B. Ratterman (Construction Law)
• Bruce M. Reynolds (Employee Benefits Law; Tax Law)
• Stephen M. Ruschell (Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law)
• David E. Saffer (Banking Law; Real Estate Law)
• Kenneth R. Sagan (Corporate Law)
• George B. Sanders, Jr. (Employee Benefits Law)
• Robert E. Scully, Jr. (Commercial Litigation)
• James C. Seiffert (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Tax Law)
• Daniel W. Small (Banking Law)
• Gregory D. Smith (Family Law)
• W. Patrick Stallard (Environmental Law)
• Ronald G. Steen, Jr. (Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law)
• John A. Tate (Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation)
• Pamela A. Taylor (Family Law)
• Elizabeth L. Thompson (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
• Ashley W. Ward (Appellate Law)
• Jack A. Wheat (Intellectual Property Law)
• Michele M. Whittington (Administrative Law)
• Warren H. Wild, Jr. (Real Estate Law)

"We are very honored by this recognition," said Kennedy Helm III, Chairman of Stites & Harbison, PLLC.  "This could not have happened if not for our firm-wide commitment to providing the best level of service possible to our clients."

Best Lawyers ranked Stites & Harbison #1 in Kentucky for Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Energy Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Mass Tort  Litigation, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Public Finance Law, and Real Estate Law.

Best Lawyers ranked Stites & Harbison #1 in Tennessee for Equipment Finance Law, Family Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, and Water Law.

In addition, the firm ranked #1 Lexington, Ky., for Health Care Law and Water Law, #1 in Frankfort, Ky., for Communications Law and Tax Law, and #1 in Alexandria, Va., for Intellectual Property Law.

The Best Lawyers in America® is a nationally recognized referral guide to the legal profession that has been published biennially since 1983.  Attorneys selected for the publication are reviewed by professional peers through an extensive survey. 

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison, PLLC, is a regional business and litigation firm with attorneys in Louisville, Lexington, and Frankfort, Ky.; Alexandria, Va.; Atlanta; Jeffersonville, Ind.; and Nashville and Franklin, Tenn.  Tracing its origins to 1832, Stites & Harbison is one of the oldest law practices in the nation and among the largest law firms in the Southeast.  Our attorneys are consistently recognized by their peers in the following leading legal directories: Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®, The Best Lawyers in America®, Chambers USA and Super Lawyers magazine.  Recent firm honors include being named: one of the Top 15 Places to Work in Kentucky—three years in a row (Kentucky Chamber of Commerce), one of the 50 Best Overall Law Firms in America (Global Research), one of the Leading Law Firms in America (The American Lawyer), a Go-To Law Firm® (Corporate Counsel), one of the Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity (MultiCultural Law Magazine) and a Top 10 Growth Firm (National Law Journal). 
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