Eighty-nine Stites & Harbison attorneys honored by Best Lawyers in America for 2014
by Stites & Harbison PLLC
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC, is pleased to announce that 89 of our attorneys were recently selected by their peers for their work in 57 areas of practice in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014. Fifty-nine of the attorneys are based in Kentucky and 20 of those are honored in three or more practice areas.
“The recognition we have received from Best Lawyers continues to validate our firm-wide commitment to providing the best level of service possible to our clients,” said Ken Sagan, chairman of Stites & Harbison, PLLC. The attorneys, with their practice areas, include:
Katherine (Kathi) Allen
- Banking and Finance Law
- Equipment Finance Law
Thad M. Barnes
- Commercial Litigation
John A. Bartlett
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Litigation (ERISA)
Robert (Bob) Beck, Jr.
- Corporate Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Joel T. Beres
- Copyright Law
- Information Technology Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Trademark Law
Andrew G. Beshear
- Commercial Litigation
Julian L. Bibb
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Land Use & Zoning Law
C. Craig Bradley, Jr.
- Corporate Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
Bethany (Beth) Breetz
- Appellate Practice
Eric J. Breithaupt
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Carol Dan Browning
- Litigation – Construction
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Kenneth (Ken) Bryant
- Transportation Law
Robert (Bob) Buchanan III
- Banking and Finance Law
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
Cynthia (Cyndy) Buttorff
- Trusts and Estates
Walter (Walt) Byrne, Jr.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
A. Stuart Campbell
- Corporate Law
Philip (Phil) Collier
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
Robert (Bob) Connolly
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Law
James (Jim) Cotey
- Banking and Finance Law
Jamie L. Cox
- Real Estate Law
Janet A. Craig
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
Brian A. Cromer
- Corporate Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Charles (Mike) Cronan IV
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Health Care Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Daniel (Dan) Danford
- Commercial Litigation
Matthew (Matt) DeVries
- Construction Law
R. Daniel (Dan) Douglass
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
W. Blaine Early III
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Water Law
T. Gregory (Greg) Ehrhard
- Real Estate Law
John M. Famularo
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Douglass (Doug) Farnsley
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Marjorie A. Farris
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
William (Bill) Geisen
- Litigation – Construction
Anne E. Gorham
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
Robert (Bob) Goodrich, Jr.
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
William (Bill) Gorton III
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Mining Law
- Natural Resources Law
Charles (Chuck) Grice
- Banking and Finance Law
Robert (Bob) Griffith
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Garry K. Grooms
- Commercial Litigation
William (Bill) Haden, Jr.
- Real Estate Law
W. Thomas (Tom) Halbleib, Jr.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
Joseph (Joe) Hamilton
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Shannon Antle Hamilton
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Labor Law – Union
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
Joseph (Joe) Hardesty
- Litigation – Construction
William (Bill) Hellmann
- Corporate Law
Alex (Mike) Herrington, Jr.
- Public Finance Law
Michael J. Hinchion
- Banking and Finance Law
- Tax Law
Buckner (Buck) Hinkle, Jr.
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
J.D. Humphries III
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Construction
Joseph (Joe) Jensen
- Banking and Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Cathy Speers Johnson
- Family Law
Alfred (Fred) Joseph, III
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
Mauritia G. Kamer
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Labor Law – Union
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
J. Clarke Keller
- Commercial Litigation
- Mediation
Laura D. Keller
- Environmental Law
Jeffrey (Jeff) King
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
Alexandra (Alex) MacKay
- Copyright Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Trademark Law
Thomas (Tom) Meng
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mining Law
- Natural Resources Law
Marc S. Murphy
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Richard S. Myers, Jr.
- Copyright Law
Mark R. Overstreet
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Communications Law
- Energy Law
Gregory (Greg) Parsons
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
William (Bill) Penny
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Environmental Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation – Environmental
- Water Law
Marvin Petry
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
J. David Porter
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Trusts & Estates
Stephen H. Price
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
David B. Ratterman
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
Bruce M. Reynolds
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Litigation & Controversy – Tax
- Tax Law
Michael (Mike) Risley
- Appellate Practice
Stephen M. Ruschell
- Corporate Law
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
David E. Saffer
- Banking and Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Kenneth (Ken) Sagan
- Corporate Law
George (Ben) Sanders, Jr.
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Robert (Bob) Scully, Jr.
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
James (Jim) Seiffert
- Corporate Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Tax Law
Gregory (Greg) Smith
- Family Law
M. Clark Spoden
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
W. Patrick (Pat) Stallard
- Environmental Law
Ronald (Ronn) Steen, Jr.
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
John L. Tate
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Pamela (Pam) Taylor
- Family Law
Elizabeth (Liz) Thompson
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Robert (Bobby) Vice, Jr.
- Employment Law – Management
Ashley W. Ward, Jr.
- Appellate Practice
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
T. Morgan Ward, Jr.
- Commercial Litigation
Jack A. Wheat
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Trademark Law
Warren (Skip) Wild, Jr.
- Real Estate Law
John R. Wingo
- Commercial Litigation
Michele M. Whittington
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
Gregory (Greg) Young
- Environmental Law
The Best Lawyers in America® is a nationally recognized referral guide to the legal profession that has been published since 1983. Attorneys selected for the publication are reviewed by professional peers through an extensive survey.