About Douglass

Doug Farnsley is a trial lawyer. He has most recently tried cases to a jury in 2012, 2013, and 2015. Doug is also a Fellow of three invitation-only trial organizations - the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of Barristers. Doug focuses on civil trial work, including the defense of product liability claims and professional and hospital liability claims. He has also tried cases involving employment law issues, to enforce payment pursuant to an insurance policy, for breach of warranty, and representing plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and death claims. Doug has over 35 years of trial experience, including 50 plus matters successfully tried to verdict. He has argued cases before state and federal appellate courts. Doug served as President of the Kentucky Bar Association (2015-2016) and served for ten years as a member of the KBA’s Board of Governors. He currently serves as a member of the ABA’s House of Delegates and as a member of the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents. Doug is Stites & Harbison's General Counsel and previously served on the firm's management committee.

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Education

• University of Wisconsin–Madison, LL.M., Legal History, graduated 1980
• University of Louisville, J.D., cum laude, graduated 1976
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., Political Science, graduated 1973

Bar Admissions

• Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association

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