Benchmark Litigation 2025 Honors 14 Stites & Harbison Attorneys

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2025 edition of Benchmark Litigation names 11 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys as “Litigation Stars” and three as “Future Stars” in Kentucky. The guide honors the firms and attorneys who have demonstrated the ability to consistently handle complex, high-stakes cases in multiple jurisdictions. Stites & Harbison’s honorees include the following from Kentucky:

Litigation Stars

  • Thad Barnes
  • Matthew Breetz
  • Carol Dan Browning
  • Charles “Mike” Cronan IV
  • Daniel Danford
  • Douglass Farnsley
  • William Gorton III
  • Joseph Hamilton
  • Gregory Parsons
  • John Tate
  • Ashley Ward

Future Stars

  • Chadwick McTighe
  • David Owsley II
  • Cassidy Rosenthal

Since 2008, Benchmark Litigation has been the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys. The guide is exclusively focused on the U.S. litigation market. Recognition is based on extensive interviews with litigators and their clients over a six-month period to identify the leading litigators and firms. Honorees at both the national and state levels are based on these interviews.

Contact

Thad

M.

Barnes

502-681-0614

Matthew

W.

Breetz

502-681-0487

Carol Dan

Browning

502-681-0516

Senior Member

Charles

J.

Cronan

IV

502-681-0430

Member

Daniel

E.

Danford

859-226-2292

Senior Member

Douglass

Farnsley

502-681-0426

Senior Member

William

T.

Gorton

III

859-226-2241

Senior Member

Joseph

L.

Hamilton

502-681-0433

Member

Gregory

P.

Parsons

859-226-2314

Senior Member

John

L.

Tate

502-681-0460

Member

Ashley

W.

Ward

859-226-2353

Chadwick

A.

McTighe

502-681-0392

David

B.

Owsley

II

502-681-0390

Member

Cassidy

R.

Rosenthal

859-226-2253

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