Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Stites & Harbison has a long history of involvement in complex toxic tort and environmental litigation. In the early 1970s, Johns-Manville Corporation selected Stites & Harbison to defend it in asbestos litigation. The late Lively Wilson, who was a well-known trial lawyer, tried the second asbestos case in the United States for Johns-Manville. The firm tried many of the corporation's subsequent cases across the country and continues to defend companies against asbestos claims.

With more than 240 attorneys in eight offices in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Georgia and Virginia, Stites & Harbison is experienced in providing legal services to industrial, chemical, and other companies. We boast an interdisciplinary team of attorneys, many with technical backgrounds, from the firm's business litigation, class action, construction, environmental, complex insurance coverage and products liability groups. We have handled claims involving:

We have defended our clients in serial lawsuits, mass torts, class actions, and other high-stakes litigation and have addressed toxic pollutants in every pathway, including indoor and outdoor air, surface water, and ground water. Some of our satisfied clients include:

• Agfa Corporation
• Apex Oil Company
• Brown Forman Corporation
• E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
• Goodrich Corporation
• The Lighthouse for the Blind

The firm is also a member of the DuPont Network and currently defends DuPont in several toxic tort mass actions involving chemical releases. As a DuPont Primary Law Firm, we represent DuPont's interest in environmental and toxic tort actions as well as other claims involving various products.

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