Marjorie A. Farris
Marjorie A. Farris has practiced with the firm since graduating from law school in 1995 and has been a Member of the firm since 2003. Ms. Farris is an experienced trial lawyer who has handled a wide variety of litigation ranging from products liability, insurance bad faith, ERISA, complex business litigation, and class actions. She has actively defended more than 75 class actions nationwide.
Kentucky section in the ABA's publication Survey of State Class Action Law (included in Newberg on Class Actions)
Class Action Defense Primer
Obtained summary judgment for defendant in putative class action asserting multiple claims arising from alleged data breach
Primary drafter of brief and participated in oral argument in defeating motion for nationwide class certification in Washington state
Successfully defended a complex business litigation case involving dispute over sale of a business seeking millions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages
Successfully defended breach of contract claim and pursued counterclaim for contract damages in dispute between two business entities for component parts
Class Action and Multi-District Litigation Group, Co-Chair
Management Committee (2008-11) (Feb. 2016- Jan. 2020)
Recruiting Committee, Co-Chair (2005-07); Management Member (2016-20)
Office Executive Member - Louisville (2013-16)
Center for Women & Families, Board of Directors, Chair (2013-14) and Member (2007-15)
Leadership Louisville Center, Board of Directors (2014-present)
Leadership Louisville, Class of 2015
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana, Board of Directors (2005-13)
cum laude
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Notes Editor of Law Review
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Best Oralist Awards in 1994, National Environmental Moot Court Competition
with high distinction
Minor in Communications
University of Kentucky
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Phi Beta Kappa
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Mortar Board
Marjorie is a member of the Board of Directors for Leadership Louisville Center. She is a past Chair (2013-14) of the Board of Directors for the Center for Women & Families and coordinated the firm's Volunteer Lawyer Program from 2003-2008. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana. Marjorie enjoys travel, reading, attending college sporting events and spending time with family and friends, especially her two nephews.
Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
Best Lawyers In America®, Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort/Class Actions - Defendants (2012-20)
Kentucky Super Lawyers® (2010-18, 2020)
Business First of Louisville, Forty Under 40 (2008)
Louisville Magazine Top Lawyers (2014, 2016)
Marjorie is an excellent litigator, and I would highly recommend her.
. . . very strong advocate for our company whether in court, deposition, or in negotiating settlements.
Kentucky Super Lawyers Honors 45 Stites & Harbison Attorneys for 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2020 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers recently honored 42 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 32 attorneys to the Super Lawyers list and 13 attorneys to the Rising Stars list.
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.
Groundhog Day? Supreme Court Strikes Down Class Arbitration Efforts...Again
In what finally may prove to be the effective death knell for most efforts to pursue class-wide arbitration, a closely-divided United States Supreme Court has now held that a party cannot be required to arbitrate claims on a class-wide basis unless the arbitration agreement clearly contemplates such a possibility.
Best Lawyers in America honors 72 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2019
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
Kentucky Super Lawyers honors 55 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2017
Best Lawyers in America honors 74 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2017
Stites & Harbison elects three new Members to Management Committee
Kentucky Super Lawyers honors 64 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2016
Best Lawyers honors 72 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2016
Super Lawyers honor Stites & Harbison's Kentucky Attorneys
Marjorie Farris elected to Board of Directors of Leadership Louisville Center
Best Lawyers honors 89 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2015
Marjorie Farris selected to Leadership Louisville Class of 2015
Super Lawyers honors Stites & Harbison's Kentucky attorneys for 2013-14
Eighty-nine Stites & Harbison attorneys honored by Best Lawyers in America for 2014
Marjorie Farris named Office Executive Member for Louisville
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