Indiana Super Lawyers honors three Stites & Harbison attorneys in 2013
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.—Attorneys Robert Lanum, Neal Bailen and Bruce Paul of Stites & Harbison’s Jeffersonville, Ind., office, were honored in the 2013 Indiana Super Lawyers magazine. This is Lanum’s tenth consecutive year of being named on the Super Lawyers list for Estate Planning & Probate. Neal Bailen and Bruce Paul are named to the Rising Stars list.
Super Lawyers (www.superlawyers.com) is a Thomson Reuters rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. Only 5% of the lawyers in each state or region are named to the Super Lawyers list and no more than 2.5% are named to the Rising Stars list. Rising Stars are selected based on the same criteria as Super Lawyers with the exception of peer evaluation by practice area. Rising Stars must be 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less to be considered. Stites & Harbison has a total of 63 attorneys listed in Super Lawyers and nine listed in Rising Stars.
Robert Lanum is of counsel with Stites & Harbison. Formerly office executive member of the Jeffersonville, Ind., office, he is active in corporate, trusts, estates and tax law. Lanum is a Board Certified Indiana Trust and Estate Lawyer, certified by the Indiana State Bar Association’s Estate Planning and Administration Specialty Board. Currently he is a member and chairman of the Paul Ogle Foundation, Inc., and Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel. Additionally he serves on the board of advisors of the Jeffersonville Carnegie Library Foundation, and serves on the board of directors of Indiana University Foundation. He is admitted to practice in Indiana.
Neal Bailen is an associate with Stites & Harbison. His practice focuses on health care law and civil litigation. He regularly represents banks, lenders and professional liability insurers in state and federal courts throughout Kentucky and Indiana. Bailen serves on the board of directors of Southern Indiana Pro Bono Referrals, Inc. He is licensed to practice in Indiana and Kentucky.
Bruce Paul is an associate with Stites & Harbison who practices out of its Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky offices. He is a member of the Torts & Insurance Practice Group and the Financial Institutions Litigation Service Group. He has a broad range of experience representing businesses in commercial disputes, real estate litigation, and personal injury claims. Paul also has experience representing governmental entities and non-profit organizations on governance and zoning issues. Paul volunteers for the Louisville Legal Aid Society and serves on both the One Southern Indiana Board of Directors and Kentucky-Indiana Exchange Board of Directors. He is a graduate of Leadership Louisville’s Bingham Fellows program. He is admitted to practice in Indiana and Kentucky.