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September 10, 2009

Seventy-two Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in "Best Lawyers in America"

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC


LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison announced today that 72 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for their work in 33 areas of practice in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010. Those attorneys, with their practice areas, include:

Katherine S. Allen

  • Banking Law
  • Equipment Finance Law

Stephen G. Allen

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

John A. Bartlett

  • Employee Benefits Law

Robert M. Beck, Jr.

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Joel T. Beres

  • Information Technology Law
  • Intellectual Property Law

Julian L. Bibb

  • Banking Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Land Use & Zoning Law

C. Craig Bradley, Jr.

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Securities Law

Bethany A. Breetz

  • Appellate Law

Carol Dan Browning

  • Mass Tort Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation

Robert N. Buchanan III

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

Walter R. Byrne, Jr.

  • Banking Law

A. Stuart Campbell

  • Corporate Law

Bruce F. Clark

  • Administrative Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Energy Law
  • Tax Law

Philip W. Collier

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Securities Law

Robert M. Connolly

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation

Janet A. Craig

  • Health Care 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
  • Product Liability Litigation

R. Daniel Douglass

  • Construction Law

W. Blaine Early III

  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Water Law

J. Bryan Echols

  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

T. Gregory Ehrhard

  • Real Estate Law

John M. Famularo

  • Personal Injury Litigation

Douglass C. E. Farnsley

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

Matthew Gillies

  • Construction Law

Robert C. Goodrich, Jr.

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

Anne E. Gorham

  • Construction Law

William T. Gorton III

  • Energy Law
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law

Charles A. Grice

  • Banking Law

Robert W. Griffith

  • Commercial Litigation

Garry K. Grooms

  • Commercial Litigation

William H. Haden

  • Real Estate Law

W. Thomas Halbleib, Jr.

  • Banking Law
  • Corporate Law

Joseph L. Hamilton

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation

Joseph L. Hardesty

  • Construction Law

T. Kennedy Helm III

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

Alex P. Herrington, Jr.

  • Public Finance Law

Michael J. Hinchion

  • Banking Law

Barry A. Hines

  • Real Estate Law

Buckner Hinkle, Jr.

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law

J. D. Humphries, III

  • Construction Law

Alfred S. Joseph, III

  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

J. Clarke Keller

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Commercial Litigation

Laura D. Keller

  • Environmental Law

Jeffrey R. King

  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

Thomas E. Meng

  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Real Estate Law

Marc S. Murphy

  • Commercial Litigation

Mark R. Overstreet

  • Administrative Law
  • Communications Law
  • Energy Law

Gregory P. Parsons

  • Construction Law

William L. Penny

  • Administrative Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Water Law

Marvin Petry

  • Intellectual Property Law

J. David Porter

  • Trusts and Estates

Forrest W. Ragsdale, III

  • Franchise Law

David B. Ratterman

  • Construction Law

Bruce M. Reynolds

  • Employee Benefits Law
  • Tax Law

Stephen M. Ruschell

  • Corporate Law
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

David E. Saffer

  • Banking Law
  • Real Estate Law

Kenneth R. Sagan

  • Corporate Law

George B. Sanders, Jr.

  • Employee Benefits Law

Robert E. Scully, Jr.

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation

James C. Seiffert

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Tax Law

Daniel W. Small

  • Banking Law

Gregory D. Smith

  • Family Law

W. Patrick Stallard

  • Environmental Law

Ronald G. Steen, Jr.

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

John L. Tate

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation

Pamela A. Taylor

  • Family Law

Elizabeth L. Thompson

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

Ashley W. Ward

  • Appellate Law

Jack A. Wheat

  • Intellectual Property Law

Michele M. Whittington

  • Administrative Law


Warren H. Wild, Jr.

  • Real Estate Law


“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 Kennedy Helm III, chairman of Stites & Harbison, PLLC.

Best Lawyers ranked Stites & Harbison #1 in Kentucky for:

  • Administrative Law
  • Banking Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Employee Benefits Law
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Franchise Law
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Public Finance Law
  • Water Law

Best Lawyers ranked Stites & Harbison #1 in Tennessee for:

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

In addition, the firm ranked #1 in Louisville, Ky., for Real Estate Law; #1 in Lexington, Ky., for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Health Care Law and Tax Law; #1 in Frankfort, Ky., for Communications Law, Corporate Law, and Tax Law; and #1 in Alexandria, Va., for Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation.

The Best Lawyers in America® is a nationally recognized referral guide to the legal profession that has been published biennially since 1983. Attorneys selected for the publication are reviewed by professional peers through an extensive survey.

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