LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2018 edition of Benchmark Litigation names 11 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys as “Litigation Stars” and five 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: Intellectual Property
• Carol Dan Browning: Antitrust, Environmental, Health Care, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Securities
• Philip Collier: General Commercial, Securities
• Charles “Mike” Cronan IV: Appellate, Competition, General Commercial, Health Care, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration, Professional Liability, Securities
• Daniel Danford: General Commercial, Product Liability
• Douglass Farnsley: Civil Litigation
• William Gorton III: Environmental
• Joseph Hamilton: General Commercial, Professional Liability, Securities
• Gregory Parsons: Construction, General Commercial
• John Tate: Appellate, General Commercial, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Product Liability
• Ashley Ward: Product Liability

Future Stars

• Chadwick McTighe
• David Owsley II
• Bruce Paul
• Angela Richie
• 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.