Andrew R. "Andy" Jacobs

Andrew R. "Andy" Jacobs

Lexington, KY recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016
Stites & Harbison PLLC

98 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Biography

Andy Jacobs is a Member of the firm and concentrates his practice in the areas of employee benefits, executive compensation, and tax exempt nonprofit organizations. While he practices out of the firm's Lexington office, he works with clients in all Stites & Harbison offices. His practice includes: 1) assisting clients in the design, drafting and operation of qualified retirement plans, ESOPs, 403(b) plans, 457 plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, health and welfare plans, and cafeteria plans; 2) the design of equity based compensation plans for key employees; 3) advising clients regarding employee benefits issues in the merger and acquisition context; 4) drafting and designing executive and physician employment contracts; 5) advising tax exempt nonprofit organizations on corporate structure and compliance; and 6) advising clients regarding Kentucky state sponsored governmental pension plans.

Andy has served as President of the Lexington Employee Benefits Council. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation and on the board of directors of the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park. Andy enjoys golf and running.

Stites & Harbison PLLC

98 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Emory University, LL.M., Taxation, graduated 1993
  • Emory University, J.D., graduated 1986
  • Vanderbilt University, BA, graduated 1983

  • Georgia, United States
  • Kentucky, United States

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Kentucky Bar Association - Member
  • Lexington Employee Benefits Council - Member
  • Georgia Bar Association - Member
  • Georgia, United States
  • Kentucky, United States
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Kentucky Bar Association - Member
  • Lexington Employee Benefits Council - Member
  • Georgia Bar Association - Member
  • Emory University, LL.M., Taxation, graduated 1993
  • Emory University, J.D., graduated 1986
  • Vanderbilt University, BA, graduated 1983

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rated

Case History

Cases
  • Withdrawal from retirement system
Assisted client in voluntary withdrawal from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
  • ESOP
Represented company in the design and formation of an ESOP
  • Employee Benefits
Performed due diligence and negotiated employee benefits related provisions in a stock acquisition and drafted executive employment agreements.
  • Affordable Care Act
Advised employer concerning compliance with Affordable Care Act employer mandate provisions.
  • Benefit Plans
Assisted company in the termination of an underfunded defined benefit plan.
  • Reorganization
Advised nonprofit corporation in connection with its reorganization and restructuring.

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