James C. "Jim" Seiffert

James C. "Jim" Seiffert


Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Recognized since 2006

Louisville, Kentucky

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Tax Law

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Jim Seiffert is a Member of the firm based in its Louisville office, where he is a member of the Business & Corporate Services and Tax Service Groups. He has been with Stites & Harbison since 1986 and his practice focuses on venture capital financing, closely held business, taxation, mergers and acquisitions and general business law.

More Than Stites & Harbison

A widely respected authority on business entities, Mr. Seiffert was co-chair of the 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act Committee, which drafted and amended KRS Chapter 275, the Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act. He was also the founding editor of the Innovation Newsletter for the firm. Jim was President of the Kentucky Bar Association Business Law Section in 2006, is a member of the University of Louisville Entrepreneurial Council (2003-present), a director of the Executive Committee for the Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation (2001-present), director of Association of Capital Growth Kentucky and a former member of the executive committee of the Kentucky World Trade Center (2008-20).

Location
  • 400 West Market Street, Suite 1800
    Louisville, KY 40202-3352
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Miami School of Law, LLM-Taxation, graduated 1981
  • University of Louisville, J.D., graduated 1980
  • The University of Iowa, BA, graduated 1977
Bar Admissions
  • Kentucky, State Bar
  • Iowa, State Bar
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Kentucky Bar Association - Member
  • Louisville Bar Association - Member

Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Headquarters: Louisville, Kentucky

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Tax Law, Louisville (2024)
  • Tax Law, Louisville (2022)
  • Tax Law, Louisville (2017)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Louisville (2016)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Tax Law
Special Focus:
  • Acquisition Finance
  • Closely-Held Businesses
  • COVID-19
  • Emerging Business
  • Family Businesses
  • General Corporate
  • Income Tax
  • International
  • Limited Liability Companies
  • Limited Partnerships
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Partnership
  • Private
  • Private Equity
  • Private Placements
  • Subchapter S Corporations
  • Tax
  • Tax Planning
  • Transactions
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated
  • Kentucky Super Lawyers (2008-present)
  • ChambersUSA America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2003-present)

Publications

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