Member

Chrisandrea L. Turner

Chrisandrea (Chrissie) Turner of our Lexington office is a bankruptcy and creditors’ rights litigator focusing on corporate bankruptcy and restructuring and adversary proceeding defense. Ms. Turner regularly represents lenders, trade creditors, lessors and lessees, sureties, and large creditors in Chapter 11 matters and complex bankruptcies around the country. Her litigation practice includes receiverships, preferential and fraudulent transfer defense in bankruptcies, nondischarge of debt adversaries and foreclosure. Chrissie’s discipline of practice touches areas beyond bankruptcy, including environmental actions, healthcare matters and corporate transactions. Working closely with multiple Stites service groups, Chrissie is able to advise our clients on issues they face both inside and out of creditor-oriented matters.

Recent Assignments

Represent creditor against State of Tennessee regarding inadequate healthcare reimbursements

Represent secured creditor/company owner against fraud claims asserted by Unsecured Creditors Committee in Bankruptcy

Represent corporate creditors in nondischarge trials

Defend corporate creditors in multi-million dollar preference actions

Serve as national counsel for medical air transport services in 11 states

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

Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group, Chair

Firm Recruiting Committee, former Member

Lexington Office Recruiting Committee, former Chair

Memberships

American Bankruptcy Institute

American Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Fayette County Bar Association

Women Lawyers Association

Leadership Kentucky

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Class of 2013; Leadership Kentucky Alumni Association

International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation

Community Involvement

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Ethics Commission, Greater Chamber of Commerce Representative (Dec. 2024 – present)

Leadership Kentucky, Board of Directors (2015-present); Executive Committee (2022-24)

Leadership Lexington, Class of 2013

Dv8 Vocational Training Foundation, Board of Directors (2022-present)

Women Leading Kentucky, former Chair (2015-18)

Education

J.D.,

1998

cum laude

University of Kentucky College of Law

Org / Honor

Order of the Coif

B.A., Political Science,

1994

University of Kentucky

Civil Mediation Training,

Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts

More Than Stites & Harbison

Upon graduating from law school, Chrissie clerked for Hon. Judge Joseph M. Hood, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, and Hon. Judge Eugene E. Siler, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She began her bankruptcy practice in 2001, and has litigated bankruptcy matters in Kentucky, Delaware, Connecticut, California, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri and New York.

Chrissie is active in the American Bankruptcy Institute and previously served as Chair of Women Leading Kentucky. She has served as a member of the board of directors for Leadership Kentucky since 2015.

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy (2018-25)

Chambers USA, “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2011-25)

Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers (2020, 2022-23)

Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers (2024)

Contact Resources

Chrisandrea Turner's LinkedIn Profile