Senior Member
Frankfort Office Executive Member

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.

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Speaker, presented by Stites & Harbison, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Clark Legacy Center, Frankfort Country Club, September 28, 2017

Bar Admissions
California
Kentucky
Supreme Court of Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Firm Leadership

Executive Member, Frankfort, KY Office

Frankfort Office Business Litigation Service Group, Leader

Lateral Recruiting Committee, Member

Memberships
American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Foundation, Fellow
Franklin County Bar Association
State Bar of California
Community Involvement

South Frankfort Presbyterian Church, serves on The Session

Optimists Club, Member

Education
More Than Stites & Harbison

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.

Accolades

Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated

Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation (2019-24)

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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.

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Stites & Harbison environmental attorneys address several environmental issues that have been on-going over the past couple of months in this combined client alert.

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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.

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