Member

Charlotte Turner McCoy

Charlotte Turner McCoy is based in the firm’s Lexington office where her practice focuses on commercial real estate, land use and zoning, commercial lending, mining and natural resources, and general business matters. Her clients include numerous financial institutions, property owners, and businesses. Her practice involves advising clients in sophisticated transactions including the acquisition, sales, leasing and development of office, retail, industrial, equine and mineral properties, and related financing. She is experienced in negotiating asset purchase and sale, leasing and loan documentation, title insurance matters, public-private partnerships, and zoning and land use development matters.

Bar Admissions

Kentucky

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

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

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

Firm Leadership

Real Estate & Banking Service Group, Lexington Office Leader

Opinions Committee, Member

Diversity Committee, Member

Recruiting Committee, Lexington Office

SWIFT (Stites Women Investing in Our Future Together) Committee, Member (2015)

Memberships

American Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Fayette County Bar Association

Fayette County Bar Foundation

Fellow

Commercial Property Association of Lexington (CPAL)

President, 2011; Vice-President, 2010

CCIM Institute, Kentucky Chapter

Energy and Mineral Law Foundation

Community Involvement

Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund, Board of Directors (2021-25)

Fayette County Bar Foundation, Board of Directors (2018-present); Executive Committee, Secretary

American Heart Association, Central Kentucky Chapter, Board of Directors (2002-12)

Junior League of Lexington, Executive Committee (2007-08)

Leadership Lexington (2005-06)

Education

J.D.,

2000

University of Kentucky College of Law

Org / Honor

Honor Council

Research Assistant for Professor Rutherford B. Campbell

B.A., Economics,

1997

Vanderbilt University

More Than Stites & Harbison

Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Charlotte served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Joseph M. Hood, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Kentucky. Charlotte is the immediate past President of the Commercial Property Association of Lexington and a member of the Kentucky Chapter of the CCIM Institute. A native of Lexington, she is an active member of the local community having served on the Board of Directors of the Central Kentucky Chapter of the American Heart Association for ten years and as an officer and executive board member of the Junior League of Lexington.

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law; Litigation – Real Estate; and Real Estate Law (2021-25)

Best Lawyers in America®, Lexington Area Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate Law (2023)