Robert C. Moore
Rob Moore is an attorney in the firm's Frankfort office where he focuses his practice in the areas of civil litigation and appeals, business, utility, environmental, OSHA, administrative law, municipal law and estate planning.
Rob has represented numerous local and national clients in complex administrative matters, including environmental and OSHA matters. He has served as the City Attorney for Frankfort, Kentucky’s Capital City, since 2004. In serving in this capacity, Rob has represented the City with respect to litigation, employment issues, tax issues, environmental issues, and many other matters. Rob has also represented many clients in complex civil litigation, including representing national interstate pipeline companies in federal and state courts in toxic tort litigation, cases resulting from pipeline ruptures and in condemnation cases. Rob has also represented clients in litigation with the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office.
Rob Moore Named Stites & Harbison's Frankfort Office Executive Member
Attorney At Law Magazine, April 11, 2022
Speaker, presented by Stites & Harbison, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Clark Legacy Center, Frankfort Country Club, September 28, 2017
Executive Member, Frankfort, KY Office
Frankfort Office Business Litigation Service Group, Leader
Lateral Recruiting Committee, Member
South Frankfort Presbyterian Church, serves on The Session
Optimists Club, Member
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
University of Kentucky
Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Rob was a Judge Advocate General in the United States Navy, served as Managing Partner of the Law Firm of Hazelrigg & Cox, LLP and served as the City Attorney for Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky. He has served as President of the Franklin County Bar Association, is a past member of the Kentucky Bar Foundation and is a Fellow of the Kentucky Bar Association. He is also a co-author of Kentucky Civil Practice at Trial - Post-Trial Proceedings. Rob enjoys many outdoor activities in his spare time, including bicycling and tennis, and has competed in many local and state-wide tennis tournaments.
Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation (2019-24)


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®.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® Publications
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©. Additionally, 11 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 19 attorneys are recognized in “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.
Rob Moore Named Stites & Harbison’s Frankfort Office Executive Member
FRANKFORT, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Rob Moore has been named Office Executive Member for the Frankfort, Ky., office. He succeeds attorney Mark Overstreet, who has led the office since 1997.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2022 Best Lawyers® Publications
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 in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Additionally, 11 attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 14 attorneys are recognized in “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2021 Best Lawyers® Publications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 82 lawyers are included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Four Important Environmental Law Changes Since You’ve Been Home
Stites & Harbison environmental attorneys address several environmental issues that have been on-going over the past couple of months in this combined client alert.
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.
Best Lawyers in America honors 72 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2019