Eighty-eight Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in Best Lawyers in America

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC, announced today that 88 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for their work in 58 areas of practice in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013. Twenty-nine of the firm’s attorneys are honored in three or more practice areas. Thad Barnes, Andrew Beshear, Kenneth Bryant, Cynthia Buttorff, Daniel Danford, Matthew DeVries, Jennifer Landrum Elliott, Shannon Antle Hamilton, William Hellmann, Joseph Jensen, Mauritia Kamer, Richard Myers, Stephen Price, Gregory Young, and Morgan Ward are new honorees this year.

“The recognition we have received from Best Lawyers validates our firm-wide commitment to providing the best level of service possible to our clients,” said Ken Sagan, chairman of Stites & Harbison, PLLC. The 88 attorneys, with their practice areas, include:

Katherine S. Allen

• Banking and Finance Law
• Equipment Finance Law

Thad M. Barnes

• Commercial Litigation

John A. Bartlett

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Litigation – ERISA

Robert M. 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 Law
  

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 A. Breetz

• Appellate Practice

Carol Dan Browning

• Litigation – Construction
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Kenneth M. Bryant

• Transportation Law

Robert N. Buchanan III

• Banking and Finance Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Real Estate Law

Cynthia S. Buttorff

• Trusts and Estates

Walter R. Byrne, Jr.

• Banking and Finance Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law

A. Stuart Campbell

• Corporate Law

Bruce F. Clark

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Corporate Law
• Energy Law
• Tax Law

Philip W. Collier

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Banking & Finance
• Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions

Robert M. Connolly

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation

Jamie L. Cox

• Real Estate Law

Janet A. Craig

• Health Care Law
• Insurance Law

Brian A. Cromer

• Corporate Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Charles J. Cronan IV

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Health Care Law
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Daniel E. Danford

• Commercial Litigation

Matthew J. DeVries

• Construction Law

R. Daniel Douglass

• Construction Law
• Litigation - Construction

W. Blaine Early III

• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Water Law

T. Gregory Ehrhard

• Real Estate Law

Jennifer Landrum Elliott

• Health Care Law

John M. Famularo

• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Douglass Farnsley

• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Marjorie A. Farris

• Commercial Litigation
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Robert C. Goodrich, Jr.

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
  

Anne E. Gorham

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Litigation - Construction

William T. Gorton III

• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Mining Law
• Natural Resources Law

Charles A. Grice

• Banking and Finance Law

Robert W. Griffith

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
• Litigation – Trusts & Estates

Garry K. Grooms

• Commercial Litigation

William H. Haden, Jr.

• Real Estate Law

W. Thomas Halbleib, Jr.

• Banking and Finance Law
• Corporate Law

Joseph L. Hamilton

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation

Shannon Antle Hamilton

• Employment Law – Individuals
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor & Employment

Joseph L. Hardesty

• Litigation – Construction

William E. Hellmann

• Corporate Law

T. Kennedy Helm III

• Corporate Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Municipal Law
• Public Finance Law

Alex P. Herrington, Jr.

• Public Finance Law

Michael J. Hinchion

• Banking and Finance Law
• Tax Law

Buckner Hinkle, Jr.

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Litigation – Construction

J. D. Humphries, III

• Construction Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Construction

Joseph J. Jensen

• Banking and Finance Law
• Real Estate Law

Cathy Speers Johnson

• Family Law

Alfred S. Joseph, III

• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Real Estate Law

Mauritia G. Kamer

• Employment Law – Individuals
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Labor Law – Union

J. Clarke Keller

• Commercial Litigation
• Mediation

Laura D. Keller

• Environmental Law
  

Jeffrey R. King

• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Real Estate Law

Alexandra MacKay

• Copyright Law
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Trademark Law

Thomas E. 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 P. Parsons

• Construction Law
• Litigation – Construction

William L. 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 and Estates

Stephen H. Price

• Employment Law – Individuals
• Employment Law – Management

David B. Ratterman

• Construction Law
• Litigation – Construction

Bruce M. Reynolds

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Litigation & Controversy – Tax
• Tax Law

Michael D. 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 R. Sagan

• Corporate Law

George B. Sanders, Jr.

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Robert E. Scully, Jr.

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Litigation – Trusts & Estates
  

James C. Seiffert

• Corporate Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Tax Law

Gregory D. Smith

• Family Law

M. Clark Spoden

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Environmental

W. Patrick Stallard

• Environmental Law

Ronald G. 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
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Pamela A. Taylor

• Family Law

Elizabeth L. Thompson

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Ashley W. Ward

• Appellate Practice
• Product Liability Litigation

T. Morgan Ward, Jr.

• Commercial Litigation

Jack A. Wheat

• Litigation – Intellectual Property

Michele M. Whittington

• Administrative / Regulatory Law

Warren H. Wild, Jr.

• Real Estate Law

John R. Wingo

• Commercial Litigation

Gregory T. Young

• Environmental Law

Best Lawyers named Stites & Harbison as Top-Listed in Kentucky for:

• Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Litigation - Construction
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Litigation - ERISA
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Construction Law
• Mediation
• Copyright Law
• Municipal Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Public Finance Law
• Energy Law
• Trademark Law
• Environmental Law
• Water Law
  

Best Lawyers named Stites & Harbison as Top-Listed in Tennessee for:

• Equipment Finance Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Family Law
• Water Law
  

In addition, the firm is Top-listed in Alexandria, Va., for:

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Litigation - Real Estate
• Litigation - Construction
• Litigation - Trusts & Estates
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Trademark Law

Top-Listed in Frankfort, Ky., for:

• Administrative/Regulator Law
• Energy Law
• Communications Law
• Tax Law
• Corporate Law

Top-Listed in Lexington, Ky., for:

• Banking & Finance Law
• Insurance Law
• Construction Law
• Labor Law - Union
• Energy Law
• Litigation - Construction
• Environmental Law
• Mediation
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Water Law

Top-Listed in Louisville, Ky., for:

• Appellate Practice
• Litigation - ERISA
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Construction Law
• Municipal Law
• Copyright Law
• Public Finance Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Trademark Law
• Litigation - Construction

Top-Listed in Nashville, Tenn., for:

• Equipment Finance Law
• Transportation Law
• Family Law
• Water Law
• Land Use & Zoning 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.