LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Leadership Kentucky has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney J. Brittany Cross Carlson as a member of the 2020 Leadership Kentucky program. This year’s 45-member class will participate in seven three-day sessions from June through December at locations throughout Kentucky. Topics to be covered this year include: business and economic development, arts and tourism, natural resources and the environment, education and healthcare, agriculture, social issues, and government.

Carlson is a Member (Partner) of Stites & Harbison in the Torts & Insurance Practice Service Group based in the Louisville office. Carlson’s practice focuses on drug and medical device litigation, product liability, medical malpractice and personal injury. She defends multiple international medical device and product manufacturers in federal and state courts across the nation, and acts as Kentucky counsel for a national retailer, handling personal injury, contract and property-related litigation.

Leadership Kentucky, created in 1984 as a non-profit educational organization, brings together a select group of people that possess a broad variety of leadership abilities, career accomplishments, and volunteer activities to gain insight into complex issues facing the state. Its goal is to prepare participants to take an active role in advancing the state for the common good.