LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2015 edition of Benchmark Litigation names 15 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys as “Litigation Stars” and two 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
• Bethany Breetz: Appellate
• Carol Dan Browning: Antitrust, Environmental, Health Care, Product Liability and Professional Liability
• Philip Collier: General Commercial
• Charles “Mike” Cronan IV: Appellate, General Commercial, Health Care and Intellectual Property
• Daniel Danford: General Commercial, Product Liability
• John Famularo: Antitrust, Appellate, General Commercial, Product Liability
• Douglass Farnsley: Medical Malpractice
• Anne Gorham: Construction
• William Gorton III: Environmental
• Joseph Hamilton: General Commercial
• Buckner Hinkle, Jr.: Construction and General Commercial
• Gregory Parsons: Construction and General Commercial
• John Tate: Appellate, General Commercial, Insurance, Intellectual Property and Product Liability
• Ashley Ward: Personal Injury and Product Liability

Future Stars

• Andrew Beshear
• David Owsley II

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.