Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Andrew G. Beshear is a Member of the firm with a diverse practice that includes litigation, corporate, and economic development work.  Andrew's litigation practice includes general litigation, administrative law, antitrust defense and professional liability (non-medical professionals). He also works on complex litigation managing large-scale discovery and electronic discovery.

Andrew's corporate work includes services ranging from general advice on corporate structure to the negotiation of multi-million dollar contracts.  In the economic development field, he works on large-scale industrial development and relocation projects, as well as a wide variety of energy projects.

Recent Assignments

• Successfully challenged and secured favorable administrative rulings on multi-million dollar technology and service contracts
• Successfully defended international distributor and negotiated multi-million dollar agreements between distributor and primary manufacturer
• Successfully defended second request hospital merger challenge by Federal Trade Commission
• Successfully investigated and prevented litigation in multiple fatality accidents involving interstate collisions
• Successfully defended transportation company against arguments seeking to enlarge the scope of its insurance obligations under Kentucky law
• Worked with team of attorneys in overturning $60 million judgment against a uranium trader and obtaining a remand to clarify a 10-year old arbitration award
• Secured numerous summary judgment and favorable appellate rulings from 2005-2010 in contract, tort, and malpractice cases in both state and federal court
• Assisted in successfully defending a global power against an injunction interfering with its disarmament program
• Assisted team of attorneys in successfully securing indemnification of multi-million dollar environmental clean-up liabilities
• Efficiently managed large-scale electronic discovery in litigation and administrative matters
• Successfully defended professional in administrative board action accusing her of unauthorized practice

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

• "Practicing in Multiple Jurisdictions," 2008 Kentucky Young Lawyer's Program
• "The Uncertainties in Trial Practice—Do They Constitute Malpractice," co-authored with Matthew W. Breetz, Defense Research Institute's For the Defense, March 2007
• Contributor, 2003 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments

More Than Stites & Harbison

Andrew has a passion for improving the educational opportunities available to Kentucky's children and adults.  He serves on the Board of Overseers at the University of Louisville, the Board of Trustees at Spalding University, the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program, and on the Louisville Zoo's Glacier Run Project in an effort to improve those opportunities.  He recently accepted a request to serve as co-chair of Louisville's Host Committee for the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, which will be the largest sporting event in the United States during 2010.  He is active in state and local politics and is an avid softball player.