Related Information
Education
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University of Arkansas School of Law
J.D., magna cum laude, 2001
Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity; University of Arkansas Law Review; Charles Pearson Fellowship recipient
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University of Kentucky
B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1998
Finance and Management
Departmental Honors in Finance; Golf Team; Student Athlete Advisory Committee; Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Admissions
Kentucky
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 Western District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Service Areas
- Construction
- Construction Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Business Litigation
- Commercial Disputes - Contracts and Business Torts
- Civil Litigation
- Complex / Large Transaction Litigation / E-Discovery Management
- Licensing
- Immigration Law
- Employment
- Employment Law
Industry Experience
- Arbitration / Mediation / Dispute Resolution
- Automotive
- Banking / Financial Services
- Construction
- Educational Institutions
- Equine
- Government
- Health Care
- Industrial / Manufacturing
- Insurance Carriers / Brokers / Agents
- Professional / Trade Organizations
- Real Estate / Real Estate Development
- Religious Institutions
- Utilities
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Fayette County Bar Association
Ryan Loghry is a construction litigator who handles construction disputes of all kinds in federal and state courts, mediation, and arbitration. His practice also includes contract review, negotiations, and advising clients on construction employment law issues. Mr. Loghry also litigates business disputes in addition to his construction practice.
Recent Assignments
Mr. Loghry's recent work for general contractors has included:
- Part of team that successfully arbitrated a three-month multi-million dollar claim for a design/builder on a manufacturing facility project and defended back charge claims by the project owner
- Successfully defended a general contractor against a subcontractor's $600,000 loss of productivity claim on an automotive assembly plant project
- Obtained a summary judgment against an owner's $1 million defect claim on a sewer line project and successfully defended the summary judgment at the Court of Appeals
- Won a bench trial for a general contractor to recover the rest of extra work that it provided to the owner
- Successfully defended design/builder against claims asserted by an adjacent property owner and excavation subcontractor for damage allegedly caused by mud and water from the construction site after heavy rains
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- "Attention Federal Contractors and Subcontractors: Make Room for a New Poster!," Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Client Alert, July 13, 2010
- Author, "Arbitration is Under Attack," National Society of Professional Engineers, PEPP Talk Newsletter, May 2009
- Co-presenter, "Kentucky Construction Law: Changes that Affect You," September 2008
- Co-editor of Kentucky Construction Lawand author of the following chapters in the book: Design Professional and Contractor Licensing, Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens, Construction Disputes—Theories of Liability, and Residential Construction, 2007
- Co-presenter, "Construction Lien Law in Kentucky," Lorman Education Services, February 2006
- Co-author of Kentucky chapter and author of Indiana chapter of The American Bar Association's Design Build Deskbook, Third Edition, 2004
- "Getting Your Money and Your Money's Worth," Associated General Contractors of Kentucky, March 2004
- "Mediation and Arbitration: Getting Your Money's Worth," Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers Annual Convention, April 2004
Besides Stites & Harbison
Mr. Loghry enjoys spending time with his family, the outdoors, reading about American history, sports (especially golf), and church.