LOUISVILLE, Ky.—American Lawyer Media (ALM) has identified Stites & Harbison, PLLC, as a 2012 Go-To Law Firm® listed in their publication In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies for Labor & Employment.

Less than one-half of one percent of all law firms in the U.S. and abroad receive the Go-To Law Firm®honor. Stites & Harbison has been named a Go-To Law Firm® six consecutive times since 2007.

ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. Go-To Law Firms®are identified though research conducted by ALM. Researchers send surveys to the General Counsel at each of the top 500 companies asking which law firms they turn to for assistance in seven areas of law: Corporate Transactions/Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Securities, Canada, and International. Researchers also gather data from various public records sources, including court dockets and securities filings, as well as legal and business publications, including The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel magazine and numerous other publications of ALM.

Go-To Law Firms® will be featured in the 2012 Fortune 500 issue on newsstands May 7, 2012.