LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Supreme Court of Kentucky has appointed Stites & Harbison attorney Beth Breetz to the Civil Rules Committee and as the chair of the Appellate Rules Subcommittee.

During 2012, the Civil Rules Committee will focus on Appellate Rules. The Appellate Rules Subcommittee is working on a complete overhaul of the appellate rules, including breaking them out of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure to create stand-alone appellate rules. The Civil Rules Committee is comprised of 12-14 members, including judges, lawyers, and representatives from the circuit court clerk.

Beth Breetz is Counsel to Stites & Harbison, PLLC, based in the Louisville, Ky., office. She is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Service Group and co-chair of the Appellate Advocacy group. Her practice focuses on both federal and state appellate advocacy, complex commercial litigation, including financial institution, real estate, and trust and estate litigation.

Breetz was the first chair of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Appellate Advocacy Section when that section was established by the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2007. She is a past chair of the Louisville Bar Association’s Appellate Section.