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Harlee P. Havens

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Harlee Havens is an associate in the firm’s Lexington, Kentucky office where she focuses her practice in litigation, with a strong focus on both employment law and public utility law.

In the realm of employment law, Harlee represents employers in a wide range of matters in federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including discrimination claims and wage-and-hour disputes. She also assists employers in drafting employee-related agreements and workplace policies. Additionally, Harlee represents electric utilities before the Kentucky Public Service Commission in matters involving regulatory compliance, rate-making, and appeals.

Harlee also represents clients in complex business disputes across a range of industries, leveraging the legal research and writing skills she developed as a former law clerk to Hon. Chief Judge Gregory N. Stivers of the Western District of Kentucky.

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

Memberships

American Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Fayette County Bar Association

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Young Lawyers Section, Treasurer

Community Involvement

Western Kentucky University Young Alumni Council, Member (2024-present)

Education

J.D.,

2022

summa cum laude

University of Kentucky College of Law

Org / Honor

Order of the Coif

Kentucky Law Journal, Managing Editor, Vol. 110; Staff Editor, Vol. 109; Best Second Year Staff Member, Vol. 109; Best Source & Cite, Fain Note, Book Two; Best Source & Cite, VanMeter Article, Book Three

CALI Award in Secured Transactions, and Law & Religion

Election Law Society, Class Representative (2019-22)

Publication: Note, A Reprieve From the Crushing Cost of an Education: Why the Sixth Circuit Should Interpret the Bankruptcy Code to Allow Discharge of Private Student Loans, 110 KY. L.J. 203 (2021)

B.A., Political Science with minor in Legal Studies,

2019

summa cum laude

Western Kentucky University

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Honors College Graduate

Thesis/Capstone: The Effect of Knowledge on Attitudes Towards the U.S. Supreme Court

President’s Scholar (2015-19)

Regents Scholarship; Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement Research Grant; Carl P. Chelf Political Science Scholarship Fund

Southern Political Science Association, Annual Meeting Panelist: Courts & Their Publics

Greek Hall of Fame

Greek Academic Hall of Fame

Panhellenic Council, 1st Vice President

Omega Phi Alpha Sorority, Secretary

Mahurin Honors College, HonorsTopper Student Ambassador

Greek Jeopardy, Co-Chair

More Than Stites & Harbison

Harlee comes to the firm after serving as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Gregory N. Stivers, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (2022-23). During law school, she was a summer associate in the Lexington office (2020 and 2021).

Outside of the firm, Harlee enjoys antiquing, cooking, and long walks with her dog, Vinny.

Contact Resources

Harlee Havens's LinkedIn Profile