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Douglass Farnsley inducted as Fellow of International Academy of Trial Lawyers
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) recently inducted Stites & Harbison attorney Douglass Farnsley as a Fellow. The ceremony took place on October 26, 2009, in Bodrum, Turkey. Fellowship in IATL is one of the highest honors a trial lawyer can receive as IATL limits membership to 500 Fellows in the U.S. Lawyers are invited into Fellowship after a rigorous peer evaluation process, which includes evaluations by judges and other trial lawyers. Farnsley is one of nine Fellows from Kentucky.
IATL was chartered in 1954. The organization’s main goals include facilitating the administration of justice and elevating the standards of integrity, honor and civility in the legal profession.
Douglass Farnsley is a member of Stites & Harbison based in the Louisville, Ky., office. He practices in the firm’s Torts & Insurance Practice Service Group. He focuses on civil trial work, including the defense of professional and hospital liability claims. He has over 25 years of trial experience, including 50+ matters successfully tried to verdict. Farnsley is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and serves on the Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors.
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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