(image) LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2016 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers recently honored 64 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 49 attorneys to the Super Lawyers list and 15 attorneys to the Rising Stars list.

Many Members (Partners) have received special recognition in Kentucky Super Lawyers. Three attorneys are listed among the Top 50 Attorneys in Kentucky: Charles (Mike) Cronan IV, Shannon Antle Hamilton and John Tate. Three attorneys are listed among the Top 25 Women Attorneys in Kentucky: Carol Dan Browning, Anne Gorham and Shannon Antle Hamilton.

Of special note, Stites & Harbison was listed in Super Lawyers Business Edition for 2015 as the sole law firm earning the honor of “Top Law Firm” in Kentucky for Intellectual Property, one of two “Top Law Firms” for Construction, Real Estate and Environmental, and one of four “Top Law Firms” in Kentucky for Litigation. Firms were selected based on the number of firm attorneys who have been chosen for a 2014 or 2015 Super Lawyers list in the appropriate practice area, the number of years honored on the list, inclusion on a top list, and average blue ribbon panel score.

The following Stites & Harbison attorneys are listed in the 2016 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers.

Covington, Ky.

Super Lawyers

• William G. Geisen

Frankfort, Ky.

Super Lawyers

• Mark R. Overstreet

Lexington, Ky.

Super Lawyers

• Robert M. Beck, Jr.
• Walter R. Byrne, Jr.
• Daniel E. Danford
• W. Blaine Early III
• Anne E. Gorham
• Buckner Hinkle, Jr.
• Mauritia G. Kamer
• J. Clarke Keller
• Thomas E. Meng
• Gregory P. Parsons
• J. David Porter
• Cassidy R. Rosenthal
• Ashley W. Ward

Rising Stars

• Laura L. Mays
• Kristen K. Orr
• Walter S. Robertson

Louisville, Ky.

Super Lawyers

• Christy A. Ames
• Oliver (Scott) Barber, III
• Thad M. Barnes
• Joel T. Beres
• Bethany A. Breetz
• Matthew W. Breetz
• Carol Dan Browning
• Philip W. Collier
• Robert M. Connolly
• Charles J. (Mike) Cronan IV
• Douglass Farnsley
• Marjorie A. Farris
• William H. Haden, Jr.
• Jeffrey A. Haeberlin
• Joseph L. Hamilton
• Shannon Antle Hamilton
• Joseph L. Hardesty
• Clark C. Johnson
• Alfred S. Joseph, III
• Chadwick A. McTighe
• Brian H. Meldrum
• Marc S. Murphy
• David W. Nagle, Jr.
• Ian T. Ramsey
• David B. Ratterman
• Michael D. Risley
• David E. Saffer
• James C. Seiffert
• W. Patrick Stallard
• John L. Tate
• Richard A. Vance
• T. Morgan Ward, Jr.
• Whitney Frazier Watt
• Jack A. Wheat

Rising Stars

• K. Kelly White Bryant
• Michael Denbow
• Steven M. Henderson
• Vonda Kirby
• Michael E. Kleinert
• David B. Owsley, II
• Karen M. Paulin
• Oluwafunmito Seton
• Angela R. Stephens
• Rebecca A. Weis
• Cassandra J. Wiemken
• Terry L. Wright

Super Lawyers 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 process, including 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. Super Lawyers identifies “Rising Stars” as those attorneys, 40 years old or younger, or those having made exceptional contributions in a particular practice area for 10 years or less.