Seventy-two Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in "Best Lawyers in America"

Stites & Harbison, PLLC

9/10/2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison announced today that 72 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for their work in 33 areas of practice in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010.  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

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Securities Law

Robert M. Connolly

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • 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

  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Water Law

J. Bryan Echols

  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

T. Gregory Ehrhard

  • Real Estate 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

  • Real Estate Law

W. Thomas Halbleib, Jr.

  • Banking Law
  • Corporate Law

Joseph L. Hamilton

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • 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
  • Commercial Litigation

Laura D. Keller

  • Environmental Law

Jeffrey R. King

  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

Thomas E. Meng

  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Mining Law
    Natural Resources Law
  • Real Estate Law

Marc S. Murphy

  • Commercial Litigation

Mark R. 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

  • Trusts and Estates

Forrest W. Ragsdale, III

  • Franchise Law

David B. Ratterman

  • Construction Law

Bruce M. Reynolds

  • Employee Benefits Law
  • Tax Law

Stephen M. Ruschell

  • Corporate Law
  • 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.

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • 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 L. Tate

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • 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

“The recognition we have received from Best Lawyers validates our firm-wide commitment to providing the best level of service possible to our clients,” said Kennedy Helm III, chairman of Stites & Harbison, PLLC.

Best Lawyers  ranked Stites & Harbison #1 in Kentucky for:

  • Administrative Law
  • Banking Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Employee Benefits Law
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Franchise Law
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Public Finance Law
  • Water Law

Best Lawyers ranked Stites & Harbison #1 in Tennessee for:

  • Equipment Finance Law
  • Family Law
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Water Law

In addition, the firm ranked #1 in Louisville, Ky., for Real Estate Law; #1 in Lexington, Ky., for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Health Care Law and Tax Law; #1 in Frankfort, Ky., for Communications Law, Corporate Law, and Tax Law; and #1 in Alexandria, Va., for Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation.

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, Frankfort and Lexington, 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—four 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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