Gregory P. Parsons
Greg Parsons is a Member of the firm in the Lexington office and a member of the Construction Service Group. Greg has represented construction and business clients for thirty-five years. The construction clients he has represented include general contractors, owners, subcontractors and steel fabricators. He has also handled matters for various businesses, financial institutions, municipalities and universities. He regularly reviews, drafts and advises clients regarding construction contracts and other related agreements. Greg also counsels project participants on risk allocation, claim avoidance and resolution. He mediates disputes both as an advocate and neutral. He has litigated and arbitrated disputes involving various construction issues such as construction defects, design errors, delays, changes in scope and code compliance. He has handled construction/business litigation and arbitration matters in various jurisdictions, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Minnesota, Connecticut, West Virginia, Texas, Georgia, Indiana, and the U. S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.
Navigating Legal Pitfalls in Municipal Construction Projects
Kentucky League of Cities 2018 Conference and Expo, Louisville, Kentucky, September 18, 2018
Making Sense of 2017 AIA Contract Documents
Capital Construction Process for Small Institutions
NACUBO 2015, Nashville, TN, July 21, 2015
Green Law: A Collection of Case Studies and Lessons Learned
American Institute of Architects Trade Fair, Louisville, Kentucky, February 26, 2013
Customized Arbitration Clauses
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Equine Law
Mediation and Arbitration, Getting Your Money's Worth
Getting Your Money and Your Money's Worth
Getting Your Money's Worth in Campus Construction
Kentucky Construction Law—Can this Job be Saved?
Mediating the Complex Dispute
Construction Contracting for Public Entities in Kentucky
Kentucky Lien Law
Kentucky Lien Law
Arbitrated claims arising from construction of a large refrigerated distribution center.
Handled federal court construction case concerning a municipal sewage facility that involved construction defects and engineering issues.
Advised construction client regarding multi-million dollar claim for equitable adjustment and retainage.
Prepared and negotiated construction contracts for university-client's facilities.
Regularly review and advise publicly-traded company regarding its subsidiaries' contracts.
Advises clients regarding both design and construction master services agreements.
Served as co-counsel for a contractor in a multi-issue, multi-million dollar three-month arbitration involving a manufacturing facility resulting in a favorable award for client.
Obtained a summary judgment for a large general contractor against an owner awarding our client $1.5 million in damages including out-of-pocket costs, lost profits, and attorney's fees.
Won an arbitration award on behalf of a hotel owner against a contractor for negligent mispresentation regarding the construction budget and recovered substantial cost overruns, despite the fact that parties had a cost-plus contract with no guaranteed maximum price.
Represented a bank at trial resulting in a judgment of approximately $2 million in favor of our client that included an award of compensatory damages and treble damages, plus attorney's fees for claims of fraud, breach of contract, conversion and piercing the corporate veil.
Office of General Counsel
Management Committee, 2006-10, 2014-17
Lexington Office Executive Member, 2011-15
Construction Service Group, past Chair
Recruiting Committee, past Chair
Lexington Forum, Director, Past President
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Corporate Council
University of Kentucky College of Law
University of Kentucky
Greg currently serves as a member of the Kentucky Bar Association's Commission on the Future of Legal Services in Kentucky.
Greg enjoys music, fitness training, golf, movies and investing.
Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Best Lawyers in America®, Construction Law and Litigation - Construction (2007-20)
Best Lawyers in America®, Lexington Area Lawyer of the Year for Construction Law (2013, 2020)
Best Lawyers in America®, Lexington Area Lawyer of the Year for Litigation - Construction (2012, 2015)
Kentucky Super Lawyers® (2007-19)
Benchmark Litigation magazine, Litigation Star (2015-19)
I have the greatest respect for Greg Parsons and would highly recommend him.
His calm, respectful demeanor in the courtroom . . . great source of strength and confidence for me . . .
. . . one of the best attorneys that the Bank could have retained . . . very knowledgeable and well-prepared . . .
Best Lawyers Names Six Stites & Harbison Attorneys as "Lawyer of the Year" for 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Best Lawyers in America©, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession, has named six attorneys from Stites & Harbison, PLLC as “Lawyer of the Year” for 2020.
Best Lawyers in America Honors 75 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 has recognized 75 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys as selected by their peers in 49 areas of practice. Forty-three of those attorneys selected have been honored for 10 consecutive years or more.
Kentucky Super Lawyers Honors 42 Stites & Harbison Attorneys for 2019
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2019 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers recently honored 42 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 33 attorneys to the Super Lawyers list and nine attorneys to the Rising Stars list.
Benchmark Litigation 2019 Honors 15 Stites & Harbison Attorneys
Best Lawyers in America honors 72 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2019
The steel tariff. What does it mean to the construction industry and to individual steel fabricators?
As of mid-June the administration’s Section 232¹ 25% steel tariff will have been a topic of discussion for over three months. Some aspects of the tariffs have become clearer than they were when the tariff was first announced in March.
Benchmark Litigation honors 16 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2018 edition of Benchmark Litigation names 11 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys as “Litigation Stars” and five as “Future Stars” in Kentucky.
Kentucky Super Lawyers honors 51 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2018 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers recently honored 55 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 39 attorneys to the Super Lawyers list and 12 attorneys to the Rising Stars list.
Best Lawyers in America honors 79 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2018
2017 Release of Revised AIA Standard Form Agreements
Kentucky Super Lawyers honors 55 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2017
Benchmark Litigation honors 14 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2017
Best Lawyers in America honors 74 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2017
Kentucky Super Lawyers honors 64 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2016
Benchmark Litigation names 14 Stites & Harbison Litigation Stars and Two Future Stars for 2016
Best Lawyers honors 72 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2016
Lexington Forum Appoints Greg Parsons to Board of Directors
Super Lawyers honor Stites & Harbison's Kentucky Attorneys
Benchmark Litigation names 15 Stites & Harbison Litigation Stars and two Future Stars
Best Lawyers names 16 Stites & Harbison attorneys as "Lawyer of the Year" for 2015
Best Lawyers honors 89 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2015
Super Lawyers honors Stites & Harbison's Kentucky attorneys for 2013-14
U.S. Supreme Court enforces forum selection clause in a construction contract
Eighty-nine Stites & Harbison attorneys honored by Best Lawyers in America for 2014
How effective are forum selection clauses in design or construction contracts?
The American Institute of Architects Releases New Sustainable Project
Best Lawyers names Stites & Harbison attorneys as 2012 Lawyers of the Year
Seventy-five Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in Best Lawyers in America
Thirty-five Stites & Harbison attorneys selected for inclusion on Kentucky Super Lawyers for 2001
Stites & Harbison names new Lexington Office Executive Member
Seventy-two Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in "Best Lawyers in America"