Member

Walter S. Robertson

wrobertson@stites.com

Walt Robertson is a member of the Business & Corporate Services Group. He represents clients in all matters of business including commercial lending, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities regulation and equine law.

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

New Directors Elected to Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Board

by staff writer, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Newsletter, December 20, 2023

Group Ownership Issues in the Equine Industry

Speaker, 37th Annual National Conference on Equine Law, Lexington, KY, May 3-4, 2023

Recent Assignments
Bar Admissions
Kentucky
Firm Leadership

Opinions Committee, Chair

Audit Letter Response Committee, Member

Business Acceptance Committee, Member

Lexington Office Recruiting Committee, Member

Escrow Committee, Chair

Management Committee, Member (2018-21)

Memberships
American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association, Equine Law Section, Chair
Fayette County Bar Association
Thoroughbred Club of America
Community Involvement

Kentucky Horse Park Foundation, Board of Directors

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, President; Board of Directors (2025-present); Executive Committee, Secretary (2018-22)

University of Kentucky National Conference on Equine Law, Planning Committee

Leadership Kentucky, Class of 2015

Education
More Than Stites & Harbison

Walt has a lifetime of experience in multiple breeds of the equine industry. Prior to practicing law, he worked as a bloodstock agent for a leading commercial agency specializing in the sale of Thoroughbred horses at public auction and as a bid spotter and announcer for several horse auction companies. During college, he worked on a Thoroughbred horse farm in New Zealand.

Walt is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Kentucky where he teaches Equine Law in the College of Agriculture.

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America®, Banking & Finance Law; Commercial Finance Law; Corporate Law; and Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2018-25)

Best Lawyers in America®, Lexington Area Lawyer of the Year for Banking and Finance Law (2023)

Kentucky Super Lawyers®, Rising Star (2015-18)

Robertson Best Lawyers 2025
Robertson Best Law LOY2023
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Client Alerts

UPDATE: FinCEN and Treasury Department Announce They Will Not Enforce CTA Despite March Deadline

There is yet another update with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). Less than two weeks after the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) set a new deadline for CTA compliance, both FinCEN and the U.S. Department of Treasury issued separate press releases announcing their intent to not enforce the CTA until new rules are finalized. Stites & Harbison's Corporate Transparency Act Committee takes a look at the update in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

by Alison M. Zeitlin , Edward H. Burrell III, William M. Joseph (Bill), Rachel Owsley , and Walter S. Robertson March 06, 2025
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UPDATE: Corporate Transparency Act Back on as Potential Changes Loom

Compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is no longer voluntary. Businesses subject to the CTA, which includes the majority of entities formed or registered to do business in the United States, will have until March 21, 2025, to file their beneficial ownership information reports with the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”).

by Edward H. Burrell III, William M. Joseph (Bill), Rachel Owsley , Walter S. Robertson , and Alison M. Zeitlin February 20, 2025
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Press Releases

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Elects Walter S. Robertson as President of Board of Directors

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance recently elected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Walter S. Robertson as President of the Board of Directors. He has been active in the organization since 2018. Walt is a Member in the Lexington, KY office.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC January 15, 2025
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Client Alerts

Future of the Corporate Transparency Act is Uncertain

With the January 1, 2025, deadline for beneficial ownership information filings pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) for entities formed prior to 2024 rapidly approaching, Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas preliminarily enjoined the enforcement of the CTA and its related regulations nationwide. Alison Zeitlin takes a look at what is happening in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

by Alison M. Zeitlin , Edward H. Burrell III, William M. Joseph (Bill), Rachel Owsley , and Walter S. Robertson December 05, 2024
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Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers® Publications

Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 97 of its lawyers are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication. Additionally, 12 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 30 attorneys are recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC August 16, 2024
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Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® Publications

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 101 of its lawyers are included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC August 24, 2023
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Events

37th Annual National Conference on Equine Law

Date: 5/3/23 - 5/4/23

Marriott Griffin Gate Golf Resort & Spa, 1800 Newtown Pike, Lexington KY 40511

Attorneys Walt Robertson and Ali Zeitlin will be discussing group ownership issues in the equine industry at the 37th Annual National Conference on Equine Law on May 3, 2023.

Walter S. Robertson and Alison M. Zeitlin March 30, 2023
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Press Releases

Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® Publications

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 98 of its lawyers are included in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Additionally, 11 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 19 attorneys are recognized in “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC August 18, 2022