 |   | | | Law Firm in Frankfort, Kentucky | |
| | Formerly Stites, McElwain & Fowler and Harbison, Kessinger, Lisle & Bush |
| | Address | | 421 West Main Street | | Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-0634 | | (Franklin Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 502-223-3477 | | Fax: 502-223-4124 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.stites.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | | Reviser of the Kentucky Law Digest for this Directory. | Stites & Harbison, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers, Administrative Hearings and Appeals, Admiralty, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Charitable Trusts and Foundations, Commercial, Complex Litigation, Construction, Corporation, Defense of Legal and Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury, Dissolution of Marriage, Employment, Environmental, Equine, Estate Planning and Probate Administration, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Labor Legislative Practice, Litigation, Mineral, Planning and Zoning, Public Finance, Products Liability Litigation, Real Estate, Securities, Social Security Disability, Taxation (Local, State, Federal Income, Estate and Gift), Toxic Torts Litigation, Trust(s) and Utilities. Intellectual Property, including Patents (Mechanical, Biochemical, Chemical, Computer, Medical, Metallurgical, Pharmaceutical, Electromechanical), Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets, Franchising and Licensing Law, and Litigation Related to Intellectual Property Matters, including Infringement, Unfair Competition, and Deceptive Trade Practices. | Firm Profile:
Stites & Harbison, PLLC, is a preeminent law firm based in strategic Southeastern locations and sought by business and institutional clients nationwide for sophisticated transactions, difficult litigation and complex regulatory matters. Stites & Harbison is a full service firm practicing through departmental groupings with specialty and industry teams whose seven locations function as a single law office. The firm, which traces its origins to 1832, has been the Kentucky editor of the Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest since 1917. | | Firm Size: 280 | Law Firm Affiliations:
BUSINESS COUNCIL, INC.; HARMONIE GROUP; SOUTHERN LAW NETWORK; TOLEDO GROUP NETWORK | Representative Clients:
Adams USA, Inc.; Aegon USA Investment Management, Inc.; A.H. Belo Corporation; Alcoa Fujikura Ltd.; Alstom Power; Ambrake Corporation; American Electric Power Service Corporation (Kentucky Power Co.); American General Corporation; American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc.; Anthem Inc.; Bank One, Kentucky, N.A.; Baptist Healthcare System; The Beck Group; BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.; Beverly Enterprises, Inc.; Brainstorm USA LLC; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.; Brown-Forman Corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Caldwell Tanks, Inc.; Catskill Development, LLC; CHA HMO, Inc.; Dynergy Power Corp.; Electrolux LLC; Fidelity National Bank; Fleet Financial Corp.; Fortune Brands; Frontier Insurance Corporation; GE Capital Corporation; GlaxoSmithKline; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; International Port of Kentucky; James N. Gray Company; Holder Construction Company; ITT Financial; J.P. Morgan Mortgage Capital; Kajima Construction Services, Inc.; Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA); KFC Corporation; Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board; Life Insurance Company of Georgia; Louisville Regional Airport Authority; Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority; Microsoft; Modis Professional Services, Inc.; National City Bank of Kentucky; National Health Investors, Inc.; National Renal Alliance, LLC; New Life Corporation of America; New York Department of Insurance; Northern Life Insurance Company; Pizza Magia International, LLC; Presco Steel, Inc.; Purdue Pharma LP; Regions Bank; Lin R.Rogers Electrical Contractors; Russell Athletic Corporation; Southern Land Company; Steel Technologies, Inc.; Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.; SunTrust Bank; Synaxis Group, Inc.; ThermoView Industries, Inc.; Tricon Global Restaurants; Tyson Foods, Inc.; Union Planters Bank, N.A.; University Medical Center, Inc.; University of Kentucky; University of Louisville; Vanderbilt University; Whayne Supply Company; Zurich American Insurance Companies. |
Other Office Locations of Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A.
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS | | Bruce F. Clark (Member) born Jacksonville, Florida, May 17, 1946; admitted to bar, 1976, Kentucky. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.S., 1968); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif. Lead Articles Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1975-1976. Author: Comment, "Kentucky's Standard for Ineffective Counsel: A Farce and a Mockery?" 63 Kentucky Law Journal 803, 1975. Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing, University of Kentucky, College of Law, 1976-1980. Member: Kentucky and American Bar Associations. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Public Utility Litigation; State Taxation Law; Administrative Law. Email: Bruce F. Clark | | Mark R. Overstreet (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, August 16, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Staff Member, 1978 and Survey Editor, 1979-1980, Kentucky Law Journal. Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1981-1984. Member: Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Telephone, Paging and Cellular Law; Public Utilities Law; Commercial Law; Administrative Law. Email: Mark R. Overstreet | | Erica L. Horn (Member) born Paintsville, Kentucky, November 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Kentucky; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1990). Order of the Coif. Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1988-1990. Certified Public Accountant, Kentucky, 1985. Author: "Protecting Persons with AIDS from Employment Discriminations," 77 Ky. L. J. 403, 1988-1989. Member: Kentucky Society of CPA's (Member, Board of Directors and Tax Committee); Kentucky Women's Leadership Network (Secretary); Frankfort Advisory Board, Hospice of the Bluegrass. Frequent speaker on Kentucky state and local tax issues. Member: Fayette County, Franklin County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: GTE and Subsidiaries v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Revenue Cabinet, 889 S.W.2d 788 (Ky.1994); Central Kentucky Cellular Telephone Co., et al v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Revenue Cabinet, 897 S.W.2d 601 (Ky. App. 1995); Ohio Cellular RSA Limited Partnership v. The Board of Public Works of the State of West Virginia, 481 S.E.2d 722 (W.V. 1996); Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Inv. Brokerage Co. v. Skeeters, 395 F. Supp. 541 (W.D. Ky. 2005); Revenue Cabinet v. Bacock & Wilcox Co., 203 S.W.3d 149 (Ky App. 2005). Practice Areas: State Taxation; Tax Planning; State Tax Controversies; Tax Audits; Tax Appeals; Litigation. Email: Erica L. Horn | | —————————— | | Roger B. Crittenden (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., magna cum laude, History, 1999); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Order of the Coif. Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Outstanding Staff Member, 2000-2001; Recipient: CALI Awards in Federal Courts, International Law, Basic Uniform Commercial Code, Evidence, Corporate Finance and Business Associations; Class of 1949 Scholarship, 2001-2002; Chancellor's Scholarship, 2000-2001; Joel V. Williamson Scholarship, 1999-2000. Member: Franklin County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Advocacy; Business Litigation; Commercial Disputes; Government Litigation; Regulatory Litigation; State and Local Tax Planning and Litigation; Administrative Law; Taxation. Email: Roger B. Crittenden | | David M. Stout (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2004; J.D., 2007). Recipient, James and Mary Lassite Scholarship. Recipient, CALI Award for Law and Economics. Staff Member, 2005-2006 and Articles Editor, 2006-2007, Kentucky Law Journal. Author: note: "Home Sweet Home?! Maybe Not for Parolees and Probationers When it Comes to Fourth Amendment Protection," 95 Ky. L.J., 811 (2007). Research Assistant, Professor Richard Westin, 2006-2007. Member: Franklin County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; State Taxation. Email: David M. Stout | | COUNSEL | | Michele M. Whittington (Counsel) born Sikeston, Missouri, April 14, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Sixth and Federal Circuits, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., 1983); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1986). Omicron Delta Kappa. Articles Editor, Journal of Mineral Law and Policy, 1985-1986. Author: Comment, "Island Creek v. Rodgers and Mine Subsidence Liability," 1 Journal of Mineral Law & Policy 127 (1985-1986). Co-Author: "VER From The Mineral Owner's Perspective," 5 Journal of Mineral Law and Policy 675 (1989-1990); "Takings Law: Issues of Interest to Mineral Property Owners," 21 Energy & Mineral Law Institute, Ch. 10 (2001). Member: Franklin County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Institute for Professionals in Taxation; American Property Tax Counsel. Reported Cases: Carr v Continental General Tire, 168 S.W.3d 411 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004). Practice Areas: Property Tax(55%); Administrative Law(30%); Mining Law(10%); Surety Law(5%); Natural Resources. Email: Michele M. Whittington | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Alexandria, Virginia Office: 1199 North Fairfax Street, Suite 900, 22314. Telephone: 703-739-4900. Fax: 703-739-9577.
Atlanta, Georgia Office: 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., 2800 SunTrust Plaza, 30308. Telephone: 404-739-8800. Fax: 404-739-8870.
Jeffersonville, Indiana Office: 323 East Court Avenue, 47130. Telephone: 812-282-7566. Fax: 812-284-5519.
Lexington, Kentucky Office: 250 West Main Street, Suite 2300, 40507-1758. Telephone: 859-226-2300. Fax: 859-253-9144.
Louisville, Kentucky Office: 400 West Market Street, Suite 1800, 40202-3352. Telephone: 502-587-3400. Fax: 502-587-6391.
Nashville, Tennessee Office: SunTrust Plaza, 401 Commerce Street, Suite 800, 37219. Telephone: 615-244-5200. Fax: 615-782-2371.
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