Chrisandrea Turner Selected for Leadership Lexington’s Class of 2023-24

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Leadership Lexington has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Chrisandrea L. Turner as a member of the 2023-24 Leadership Lexington program. Through the eleven-month program, participants are provided with opportunities to gain a better understanding of Lexington and the challenges it faces by meeting with and learning from today’s leaders.

Turner is a Member (Partner) based in the firm’s Lexington office. She is Chair of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group. Her practice focuses on corporate bankruptcy and restructuring and adversary proceeding defense. She regularly represents lenders, trade creditors, lessors and lessees, sureties and large creditors in Chapter 11 matters and complex bankruptcies around the country. Her litigation practice includes receiverships, preferential and fraudulent transfer defense in bankruptcies, nondischarge of debt adversaries and foreclosure. She also serves clients in the areas of environmental actions, healthcare matters and corporate transactions.

Turner stays active in a variety of professional and community organizations. She is Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Law Section and a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Women Lawyers Association and the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation. Turner is also a member of the Board of Directors of Dv8 Vocational Training Foundation and Secretary of the Executive Committee of Leadership Kentucky. She is a former Chair of Women Leading Kentucky.

Leadership Lexington is a leadership development program sponsored by Commerce Lexington intended for individuals who demonstrate leadership qualities. The program provides an opportunity for participants to broaden their perspectives and gain increased understanding of community dynamics and public issues.