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Education
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University of Louisville School of Law
J.D., cum laude, 1993
Law Review 1991-93, Journal of Family Law; Articles Editor, Volume 31, 1992-93; Research Institute of America Tax Prize, May 1993; Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1993; American Jurisprudence Award for Estate Planning, 1992; Florida Bar National Tax Moot Court Team, First Runner up in Oral Argument, 1992; Appointed to American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Committee on Real Estate Tax Problems, 1991-92; Committee on Fiduciary Income Tax, 1992-93; Moot Court Board, 1991-93, Night Vice President, 1992-93; Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, 1989-93, Vice-Justice 1991-92; Coordinated Pro Bono Will Clinic, Fall 1991
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Bellarmine College
B.S., cum laude, 1988
Accounting
Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key, for outstanding scholarship in School of Business; Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society
Admissions
Indiana
Kentucky
Service Areas
- Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
- Conservation Easements
- Taxation
- Trusts & Estate Planning
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Taxation Section; Member, Fiduciary Income Tax Committee; Probate and Trust Law Section
- Kentucky Bar Association, Probate and Trust Section, Vice Chair 1999-2000, Chair-Elect 2000-2001, Chair 2001-2002; Probate Legislative Committee,1999-present, Chair 2001-2002; Taxation Section, Vice-Chair 1999-2000, Chair 2000-2001
- Estate Planning Council of Louisville, 1996-present, Secretary/Treasurer 2004-2005, Vice-President 2005-2006, President 2006-2007, Past President 2007-2008
- Kentuckiana Planned Giving Council, Board Member, Vice-President 2001-2003, President 2003-2004
- Leave a Legacy, Fund-raising Committee
- Louisville Bar Association, Probate and Trust Section, Vice Chair, 2008; Taxation Section
- Louisville Estate Planning Council
Cyndy Buttorff joined the Louisville office's Personal Services Group in 1996 and concentrates her practice in estate, tax, personal and business, probate and trust administration, and charitable planning, including conservation easements.
Before Stites & Harbison
Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Ms. Buttorff practiced law with the Louisville firm of Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, P.S.C., handling estate and business planning, ERISA and related matters.
Before that, she served in a variety of capacities in the Trust Department with Liberty National Bank and Trust Company, Louisville, including Vice President and Manager, Trust Tax Administration.