Attorneys

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Richard M. Wehrle

Lexington, KY

Louisville, KY

Lexington office:
859-226-2386

Louisville office: 502-587-3400

Richard Wehrle is a Member of the firm and is based in the Lexington office. His practice focuses on trusts and estate administration, estate planning and charitable giving, charitable and non-profit organizations, estate and gift taxes, probate, and fiduciary law. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Capabilities

Practice Areas

Charitable & Non-Profit Organizations

Real Estate General Practice

Taxation

Trusts & Estates

Trusts & Estates and Family Law

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Receivers, Trustees, Conservators, and Family Offices: What Can You Do for Them? What Might They Do to You?

8th Annual Accounting Risk Management Seminar, Atlanta, November 7, 2023

In Trusts We Still Trust

by Greg Paeth, The Lane Report, November 15, 2017

Bar Admissions

Kentucky

Supreme Court of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. Tax Court

Firm Leadership

Retirement Plan Committee (2024-present)

Management Committee (Feb. 2020-24)

Trusts & Estates Service Group, Former Chair

Memberships

American Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Fayette County Bar Association

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

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Fellow

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants

Society of Financial Service Professionals

Bluegrass Estate Planning Council

Education

J.D.,

1983

University of Kentucky College of Law

B.S.,

1980

University of Kentucky

More Than Stites & Harbison

Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Richard was a partner at Bowles Rice LLP in Lexington, Kentucky, handling trusts and estate planning for eight years. Prior to that, he worked at Bowles Rice’s predecessor firm, Vimont & Willis PLLC for 20 years working in the trusts and estate practice.

Richard is a member of a variety of accounting financial service organizations. He also serves on the foundation board of Bluegrass Community and Technical College and Blue Grass Community Foundation.

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America®, Trusts & Estates (2011-25)

Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated

Contact Resources

Richard M. Wehrle's PDF Richard M. Wehrle's Contact VCF

Richard Wehrle's LinkedIn Profile

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Honorees Include 12 as “Lawyer of the Year,” 98 in Best Lawyers in America® and 31 in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 98 of its lawyers are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®....
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

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Events

8th Annual Accounting Risk Management Seminar

Date: November 7, 2023 -

Time: 11:45 a.m. -

6:00 p.m.

City Springs Conference Center, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA 30328

Presented by Stites & Harbison Please join the Stites & Harbison Accounting Defense team for this seminar! Agenda 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. – Lunch 12:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. – Program Fraud: Are You a Gatekeeper or Co-Conspirator?, Johannes S. Kingma, Stites & Harbison Accounting Defense Team, Atlanta office; Douglas R. Richmond, Aon...
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

October 02, 2023

Press Releases

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®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication....
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

August 24, 2023

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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©. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication....
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

August 18, 2022

Press Releases

Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2022 Best Lawyers® Publications

Honorees Include 11 as “Lawyer of the Year,” 93 in Best Lawyers in America and 14 in “Ones to Watch” LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 93 lawyers are included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Since it was first published...
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September 01, 2021

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Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2021 Best Lawyers® Publications

Honorees Include 14 as “Lawyer of the Year,” 82 in Best Lawyers in America and 21 in “Ones to Watch” LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 82 lawyers are included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Since it was first published in...
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

August 20, 2020

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Stites & Harbison elects three attorneys to Management Committee

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC recently elected three members to the firm’s six-member Management Committee, replacing three attorneys who completed their terms of service. The new committee members are attorneys Erika Barnes, Carol Dan Browning and Richard Wehrle; the members rotating off the committee include attorneys Janet Craig, Mandy Wilson...
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

March 05, 2020

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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. The Best Lawyers in America© is a nationally recognized referral guide...
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

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