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Douglass Farnsley
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Doug Farnsley is a trial lawyer and is a Fellow of three invitation-only trial organizations—the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of Barristers.
Doug focuses on civil trial work, including the defense of product liability claims and professional and hospital liability claims. He has also tried cases involving employment law issues, to enforce payment pursuant to an insurance policy, for breach of warranty, and representing plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and death claims. Doug has more than forty years of trial experience, and has successfully tried to verdict more than fifty cases. He has argued cases before state and federal appellate courts.
Kentucky Super Lawyers listed Doug among the state’s Top 50 Lawyers, 2009-11 and 2017-20. Best Lawyers in America selected Doug as Personal Injury Litigation Defendants Lawyer of the Year (2020), Product Liability Litigation Lawyer of the Year (2011), and Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year (2010).
Doug served as President of the Kentucky Bar Association (2015-2016) and served for ten years as a member of the KBA’s Board of Governors. He currently serves as a member of the ABA’s House of Delegates and previously served as a member of the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents.
Doug served as Stites & Harbison’s General Counsel from 2016 through 2021 and currently serves as a member of the firm’s General Counsel Committee. Doug also served on the firm’s management committee.
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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 Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
U.S. Supreme Court
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Research Assistantship, 1976-77 Thesis–Gambling and the Law, 1980 Wis. L.R. 811 |
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Student Bar Association, President |
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Morehead Scholar (complete four-year scholarship) |
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President Delta Upsilon (1972) |
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Freshman Soccer |
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