LEXINGTON, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Jessie A. Smith to the firm based in the Lexington, Ky., office. He joins the Construction Service Group.

Smith’s construction practice includes both transactional and litigation matters, with a strength in drafting, reviewing and negotiating construction contracts. Before joining Stites & Harbison, he worked for a material handling automation and software engineering company, where he was primarily responsible for transactional matters and contract negotiations. Prior to that, he worked for the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts as a Staff Attorney. Smith earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law in 2017. He is admitted to practice in Kentucky.