LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2025 edition of Benchmark Litigation names 11 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys as “Litigation Stars” and three as “Future Stars” in Kentucky. The guide honors the firms and attorneys who have demonstrated the ability to consistently handle complex, high-stakes cases in multiple jurisdictions. Stites & Harbison’s honorees include the following from Kentucky:

Litigation Stars

• Thad Barnes
• Matthew Breetz
• Carol Dan Browning
• Charles “Mike” Cronan IV
• Daniel Danford
• Douglass Farnsley
• William Gorton III
• Joseph Hamilton
• Gregory Parsons
• John Tate
• Ashley Ward

Future Stars

• Chadwick McTighe
• David Owsley II
• Cassidy Rosenthal

Since 2008, Benchmark Litigation has been the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys. The guide is exclusively focused on the U.S. litigation market. Recognition is based on extensive interviews with litigators and their clients over a six-month period to identify the leading litigators and firms. Honorees at both the national and state levels are based on these interviews.