Chambers USA selected 22 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in Kentucky and Tennessee for inclusion in their 2017 guide.  The Chambers USA guide ranks the top law firms and leading attorneys in the United States.  The list is developed based on client and peer interviews discussing the skills of individual attorneys.  “The team is excellent.  They have experts in almost every area and their responsiveness and customer service are exemplary,” stated one client.  It is the weight of these interviews that gives the guide its highly valued reliability. 

Chambers USA ranks law firm practices in bands from 1-6, with 1 being the best.  Stites & Harbison is ranked Band 1 in Kentucky for Litigation: General Commercial and Real Estate.  The firm is also ranked Band 2 in Kentucky for Corporate/M&A; Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities; and Intellectual Property.  In Tennessee, the firm is ranked Band 2 for Banking & Finance and Band 3 for Real Estate.

The following attorneys are included in Chambers USA 2017 as leaders in their field for Kentucky.

Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions

      W. Thomas Halbleib, Jr.
      Alex P. Herrington, Jr. (Mike)
      James C. Seiffert

Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities
      William T. Gorton III 
      W. Patrick Stallard

Intellectual Property
      Joel T. Beres
      Mandy Wilson Decker
      David W. Nagle, Jr.

Litigation: Construction
      William G. Geisen
      Anne E. Gorham
      David B. Ratterman

Litigation: General Commercial
      Philip W. Collier
      Robert M. Connolly 
      Charles J. Cronan IV 
      Clark C. Johnson

Litigation: Tort & Insurance Defense
     Robert M. Connolly

Real Estate
      Lawrence C. Droege
      T. Gregory Ehrhard
      William H. Haden, Jr.
      Alfred S. Joseph, III
      David E. Saffer

Chambers USA 2017 has also listed the following attorneys from Kentucky as “Recognized Practitioners”:

Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: W. Blaine Early III
Intellectual Property: Terry L. Wright
Labor & Employment: Shannon Antle Hamilton

The following attorneys are included in Chambers USA 2017 as leaders in their field for Tennessee.

Banking & Finance
      Julian L. Bibb
      A. Stuart Campbell

Real Estate
      Julian L. Bibb

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison, PLLC is a nationally recognized, full-service business and litigation law firm with 10 offices in five states – Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana, Tennessee and Virginia.  Tracing its origins to 1832, Stites & Harbison is one of the oldest law practices in the nation and among the largest law firms in the Southeast.  For more information, visit www.stites.com.