Related Information
Education
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University of Louisville School of Law
J.D. 1993
Dean's List; Moot Court Board
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University of Kentucky
B.A. 1990
Political Science
Delta Theta Phi; Dean's List
Admissions
Kentucky
Tennessee
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Service Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust and Consumer Protection Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Class Action, Mass Action & Multi-District Litigation
- Commercial Disputes - Contracts and Business Torts
- Complex / Large Transaction Litigation / E-Discovery Management
- E-Discovery and Document Management
- Fiduciary Duty, Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Litigation
- Franchise, License and Agency Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Medical Liability Defense
- Toxic Tort & Environmental Defense
- Trial Practice
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Leo Bearman Jr. American Inns of Court Society
- Federal Bar Association
Community Involvement
- St. Agnes School, School Board Chair-elect
- St. Agnes Church, member
- Pi Kappa Alpha, Board of Directors
Thad Barnes is a seasoned trial attorney with approximately 40 bench and jury trials in Kentucky and Tennessee to his credit. He is the chair of the firm's E-Discovery & Document Management subgroup. His practice focuses on civil litigation with emphasis on business and complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, product liability litigation and construction law. Mr. Barnes also has extensive experience in cases involving complex electronic discovery issues and advises clients as to the requirements to retain electronically stored information (ESI) under federal and state law.
Recent Assignments
- Successfully defended a second request hospital merger challenge by Federal Trade Commission
- Co-counsel in multi-million dollar environmental remediation and allocation dispute involving international corporations
- Developed numerous document retention/ESI policies for large U.S. corporations
- Litigated a trademark infringement action involving two U.S. restaurant corporations
- Successfully defended a complex business case involving a dispute over the sale of power generating equipment. The case involved over 150 witnesses, 2 million paper documents and in excess of three terabytes of electronic data.
- Represented a technology company in a complex business case involving breach of contract claims.
- Successfully defended several hospitals in medical malpractice cases.
- Successfully defended a manufacturer in an anti-trust case. The case involved an assessment of several terabytes of electronic information by a team of Stites lawyers.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- "E-Discovery and Electronic Health Records," KHIMA Annual Meeting, June 2008
- "Should I Keep EVERY Email and Document, Just in Case?," co-author with Ronald J. Stay, TechLINKS, Sept. 17, 2007
- "Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Litigation," AOPA National Convention, Miami, Florida, October 2004
Before Stites & Harbison
Mr. Barnes was Vice President and General Counsel of Triangle Seafood Inc. where he handled the company's litigation, federal compliance work, and general corporate affairs. Prior to that he was associated with Brown, Todd, & Heyburn (now Frost Brown Todd). Mr. Barnes began his career working for the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, and Caldwell in Memphis, Tenn.
Besides Stites & Harbison
Thad and his wife, Laura, stay busy attending the sporting events for their five children.