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.
Commercial Real Estate: A Looming Crisis of Workouts, Foreclosures, and Bankruptcies
Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention, Northern Kentucky Convention Center, May 9, 2024
Wage Garnishments and Client Responsibilities
Speaker, Kentucky Paralegal Association Conference, November 2, 2023
Bankrupt Hemp Co. Can't Get Back Payments In Contract Row
by Mike Curley, Law360.com, June 2, 2023
Chrisandrea Turner Chair of Stites & Harbison's Bankruptcy Service Group
by staff reporter, Attorney At Law Magazine, April 7, 2022
Bankruptcy Primer for In-House Counsel
Kentucky Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section, Lunchtime Webinar Series, November 9, 2021
Ritzen Gives Bankruptcy Attys Comfort with Final Orders
by Vince Sullivan, Law360.com, January 17, 2020
Working Parents
panel speaker, presented by Women's Law Caucus, University of Kentucky College of Law, March 27, 2019
Fair Debt Collection Procedures Act - What you Need to Know
Fair Credit Reporting Act - Advice to Businesses
What to do when the Subcontractor is financially troubled, or worse, files bankruptcy?
Money Back Guarantee?
What it means when your Subcontractor files bankruptcy
Recovering Your Goods From a Bankrupt Buyer
Collection Law from Start to Finish
Protecting Creditors' Rights
Non-wage Garnishments to Set-off
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
Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group, Chair
Firm Recruiting Committee, former Member
Lexington Office Recruiting Committee, former Chair
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)
cum laude
University of Kentucky College of Law
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Order of the Coif
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts
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.
Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy (2018-24)
Chambers USA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," Bankruptcy (2011-23)
Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers (2020, 2022-23)
Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers (2024)
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers® Publications
Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 97 of its lawyers are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication. Additionally, 12 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 30 attorneys are recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.
Chrisandrea Turner Earns 2024 Lawdragon Global Honor in Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Lawdragon has named Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Chrisandrea Turner to the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. Turner has been recognized four times by Lawdragon – three times in the U.S. guide and once in the current global guide, which replaces the U.S. guide. Turner is the only Kentucky attorney honored in 2024.
Chambers USA Honors 25 Stites & Harbison Attorneys for 2024
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Chambers USA selected 25 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in Kentucky and Tennessee for inclusion in their 2024 guide. The Chambers USA guide ranks the top law firms and leading attorneys in the United States.
Significant Bankruptcy Issue Pending Before U.S. Supreme Court
In December 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., Case No. 23-124. Purdue Pharma is the drug manufacturer of the prescription opioid, OxyContin, an alleged contributor to a major public health crisis involving loss of life due to overdose. Chrisandrea Turner takes a look at the case in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.
Chrisandrea Turner Selected for Leadership Lexington’s Class of 2023-24
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Leadership Lexington has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Chrisandrea L. Turner as a member of the 2023-24 Leadership Lexington program.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® Publications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 101 of its lawyers are included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Local Bankruptcy Rules: Kentucky (W.D. Ky.)
Attorneys Brian Pollock, Chrisandrea Turner, and Corey Dunn authored this Practice Note summarizing selected rules of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® Publications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 98 of its lawyers are included in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Additionally, 11 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 19 attorneys are recognized in “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.