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

Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Client Alert

8/11/2010

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison announced today that 73 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for their work in 35 areas of practice in The Best Lawyers in America®2011.  Sixteen of the firm’s attorneys are honored in three or more practice areas.  Michael Risley and Cathy Speers are new honorees this year.  The 73 attorneys, with their practice areas, include:

Katherine S. Allen

John A. Bartlett

Robert M. Beck, Jr.

Joel T. Beres

Julian L. Bibb

C. Craig Bradley, Jr.

Bethany A. Breetz

Carol Dan Browning

Robert N. Buchanan, III

Walter R. Byrne, Jr.

  • Banking Law

A. Stuart Campbell

  • Corporate Law

Bruce F. Clark

Philip W. Collier

Robert M. Connolly

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation

Janet A. Craig

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

W. Blaine Early, III

J. Bryan Echols

T. Gregory Ehrhard

John M. Famularo

  • Personal Injury Litigation

Douglass Farnsley

  • Medical Malpractice Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation

Matthew A. Gillies

Robert C. Goodrich, Jr.

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

William H. Haden, Jr.

  • Real Estate Law

W. Thomas Halbleib, Jr.

  • Banking Law
  • Corporate Law

Joseph L. Hardesty

  • Construction Law

Kennedy Helm III

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Municipal 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

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

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

Forrest W. Ragsdale, III

  • Franchise Law

David B. Ratterman

  • Construction Law

Bruce M. Reynolds

  • Employee Benefits Law
  • Tax Law

Michael D. Risley

  • Appellate Law

Stephen M. Ruschell

  • Corporate Law
  • Land Use & Zoning 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 & Acquisition Law
  • Tax Law

Daniel W. Small

  • Banking Law

Gregory D. Smith

Cathy Carpenter Speers

  • 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
  • Product Liability Litigation

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 Lawyersnamed Stites & Harbison as Top-Listed in Kentucky for:

Best Lawyersnamed Stites & Harbison as Top-Listed in Tennessee for:

In addition, the firm is Top-Listed in Alexandria, Va., for:

Top-listed in Frankfort, Ky., for:

Top-Listed in Lexington, Ky., for:

  • Energy Law   
  • Environmental Law 
  • Franchise Law
  • Insurance Law        
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Water Law

Top-Listed in Louisville, Ky., for:

  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Public Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law

Top-Listed in Nashville, Tn., for:

  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Water Law

The Best Lawyers in America® is a nationally recognized referral guide to the legal profession that has been published biannually 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 — five 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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