LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2026 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers recently honored 40 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 31 attorneys to the Super Lawyers list and eight attorneys to the Rising Stars list.
A number of Stites & Harbison attorneys have received special recognition in Kentucky Super Lawyers. Three attorneys — Bethany A. Breetz, Carol Dan Browning and Shannon Antle Hamilton — are listed among the Top 25 Women Attorneys in Kentucky. This is Breetz's first time earning the honor, while Browning and Hamilton have received the honor 20 and 14 times, respectively. Additionally, Joel T. Beres, Carol Dan Browning, Shannon Antle Hamilton and David W. Nagle, Jr. are listed among the Top 50 Attorneys in Kentucky.
The following Stites & Harbison attorneys are listed in the 2026 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers.
Covington, Ky.
Super Lawyers
Lexington, Ky.
Super Lawyers
- W. Blaine Early, III
- Michael S. Hargis
- Gregory P. Parsons
- Warren D. Schickli
- Taylor J. Stuckey
- Ashley W. Ward
Rising Stars
Louisville, Ky.
Super Lawyers
- Thad M. Barnes
- Joel T. Beres
- Bethany A. Breetz
- Matthew W. Breetz
- Carol Dan Browning
- Robert M. Connolly
- Mandy Wilson Decker
- Michael Denbow
- T. Gregory Ehrhard
- Marjorie A. Farris
- Jeffrey A. Haeberlin
- Shannon Antle Hamilton
- Steven M. Henderson
- Michael E. Kleinert
- Chadwick A. McTighe
- David W. Nagle, Jr.
- Ian T. Ramsey
- Michael D. Risley
- David E. Saffer
- John L. Tate
- Richard A. Vance
- T. Morgan Ward, Jr.
- Whitney Frazier Watt
- Terry L. Wright
Rising Stars
Super Lawyers is a Thomson Reuters rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous process, including a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Only 5% of the lawyers in each state or region are named to the Super Lawyers list and no more than 2.5% are named to the Rising Stars list. Super Lawyers identifies "Rising Stars" as those attorneys, 40 years old or younger, or those having made exceptional contributions in a particular practice area for 10 years or less.