Member

Bethany A. Breetz

Ms. Breetz’s practice focuses on both federal and state appellate advocacy, complex commercial litigation, including financial institution, real estate, and trust and estate litigation. She currently serves as co-chair of the firm’s Appellate Advocacy group.

Recent Assignments

Handles a variety of federal and state court litigation and appellate matters for the Kentucky Bar Association and related entities and employees, e.g., Deters v. Herrick, 2020 Ky. Unpub. LEXIS 14 (Ky. 2020); Mischler v. Bevin, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14319 (6th Cir. 2017)

Represents the Kentucky Medical Association and American Medical Association in filing amicus curiae briefs in Kentucky Supreme Court, e.g., Sneed v. Univ. of Louisville Hosp., 2020 LEXIS 131 (Ky. 2020), Ashland Hosp. Corp. v. Lewis, 581 S.W.3d 572 (Ky. 2019); Commonwealth v. Claycomb, 566 S.W.3d 202 (Ky. 2018)

Obtained dismissal of the majority of claims for defamation against the Washington Post. Sandmann v. WP Co. LLC, 401 F.Supp. 3d 781 (W.D. Ky. 2019)

Obtained summary judgment, which was upheld on appeal, in insurance coverage dispute due to admissions during discovery, Continental Refining Co., LLC v. Hartford Steam Boiler Insp. & Ins. Co., 769 Fed. Appx. 255 (6th Cir. 2019)

Handled appeals from summary judgments, obtaining affirmances in Kentucky Court of Appeals and convincing Kentucky Supreme Court to deny discretionary review, e.g. Kotevska v. Fenton, 2019 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 173 (Ky. App. 2019); Oram v. Cantley, 2019 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 135 (Ky. App. 2019); Doe v. Golden & Walters, PLLC, 2019 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 635 (Ky App. 2019)

Bar Admissions

Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. Supreme Court

Firm Leadership

Office of General Counsel, Ethics Subcommittee, Chair

Appellate Advocacy Group, Co-Chair

Memberships

American Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Louisville Bar Association

Kentucky Supreme Court, Civil Rules Committee

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Appellate Rules Subcommittee, Chair

Community Involvement

Legal Aid Society, volunteer attorney

The Center for Women and Families, volunteer attorney

Education

J.D.,

1993

cum laude

University of Michigan Law School

B.A., with Honors, Economics,

1985

University of Chicago

Org / Honor

General Honors

National Merit Scholar

More Than Stites & Harbison

Ms. Breetz is the chair of the Appellate Rules Subcommittee of the Kentucky Supreme Court’s Civil Rules Committee, a position she has held since the Appellate Rules Subcommittee was created by the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2011. She is also a member of the Civil Rules Committee. Ms. Breetz was elected as the first chair of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Appellate Advocacy Section when that section was established by the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2007, and she has been active in that section since that time. She is a past chair of the Louisville Bar Association’s Appellate Section. Ms. Breetz serves as a volunteer attorney for clients of the Legal Aid Society and The Center for Women and Families in Louisville. She also serves as a volunteer with Fern Creek-Highview United Ministries, a not-for-profit social service agency. In addition, Beth is a long-time supporter of the arts in Louisville. For three and a half years after law school, Ms. Breetz served as law clerk to the Honorable Charles Leibson and then to the Honorable Nicholas King, both of the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Practice (2009-25)

Best Lawyers in America®, Louisville Areas Lawyer of the Year for Appellate Practice (2014)

Kentucky Super Lawyers® (2015-25)

Benchmark Litigation magazine, Litigation Star (2015-16)

Louisville Magazine, Top Lawyers for Appellate Law (2013-16)