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Charlotte Turner McCoy

Charlotte Turner McCoy is based in the firm's Lexington office where her practice focuses on commercial real estate, land use and zoning, commercial lending, mining and natural resources, and general business matters. Her clients include numerous financial institutions, property owners, and businesses. Her practice involves advising clients in sophisticated transactions including the acquisition, sales, leasing and development of office, retail, industrial, equine and mineral properties, and related financing. She is experienced in negotiating asset purchase and sale, leasing and loan documentation, title insurance matters, public-private partnerships, and zoning and land use development matters.

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Public Private Partnership Legislation: Kentucky

Landlord-Tenant Issues in the Time of COVID-19

Speaker, 16th Biennial Real Estate Law & Practice Institute, Office of Continuing Legal Education, UK Rosenberg College of Law, April 2021

Current (Completed) Kentucky Projects

Moderator, Kentucky P3: Public-Private Partnerships Conference, Lexington, Ky., October 28, 2016

Kentucky Enacts Public-Private Partnership Legislation

The Goods, Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, May 2016

Enhanced tax incentives for conservation easements renewed through 2011

Bar Admissions
Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Firm Leadership

Real Estate & Banking Service Group, Lexington Office Leader

Opinions Committee, Member

Diversity Committee, Member

Recruiting Committee, Lexington Office

SWIFT (Stites Women Investing in Our Future Together) Committee, Member (2015)

Memberships
American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Fayette County Bar Association
Fayette County Bar Foundation, Fellow
Commercial Property Association of Lexington (CPAL), President, 2011; Vice-President, 2010
CCIM Institute, Kentucky Chapter
Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
Community Involvement

Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund, Board of Directors (2021-24)

Fayette County Bar Foundation, Board of Directors (2018-20)

American Heart Association, Central Kentucky Chapter, Board of Directors (2002-12)

Junior League of Lexington, Executive Committee (2007-08)

Leadership Lexington (2005-06)

Education
More Than Stites & Harbison

Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Charlotte served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Joseph M. Hood, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Kentucky. Charlotte is the immediate past President of the Commercial Property Association of Lexington and a member of the Kentucky Chapter of the CCIM Institute. A native of Lexington, she is an active member of the local community having served on the Board of Directors of the Central Kentucky Chapter of the American Heart Association for ten years and as an officer and executive board member of the Junior League of Lexington.

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law; Litigation - Real Estate; and Real Estate Law (2021-25)

Best Lawyers in America®, Lexington Area Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate Law (2023)

Mc Coy Best Lawyers 2025
Mc Coy Best Law LOY2023
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Press Releases

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
Articles

Public Private Partnership Legislation: Kentucky

Lexington office attorney Charlotte McCoy drafted the Kentucky chapter for Public Private Partnership Legislation for Practical Law

by Charlotte Turner McCoy July 09, 2024
Press Releases

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
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
Press Releases

Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2022 Best Lawyers® Publications

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 93 lawyers are included in the 2022 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. Additionally, 11 attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 14 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 September 01, 2021
Press Releases

Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2021 Best Lawyers® Publications

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 82 lawyers are included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC August 20, 2020
Press Releases

Stites & Harbison promotes 15 attorneys in 2015

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC announced today that 15 attorneys have been promoted within the law firm. Thirteen have been elected to membership and two have been elected to Counsel, effective January 2015. The...
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC January 27, 2015
Client Alerts

Enhanced tax incentives for conservation easements renewed through 2011

Enhanced tax incentives for land conservation easements have been extended with the recent enactment of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. This Act extends the 2006 Enhanced Easement...
by Charlotte Turner McCoy January 12, 2011