James C. "Jim" Seiffert
Recognized since 2006
Louisville, Kentucky
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tax Law
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).
- E-mail: jseiffert@stites.com
- Lawyer Page: https://www.stites.com/attorneys/james-c-seiffert
- 400 West Market Street, Suite 1800
Louisville, KY 40202-3352
- English
- University of Miami School of Law, LLM-Taxation, graduated 1981
- University of Louisville, J.D., graduated 1980
- The University of Iowa, BA, graduated 1977
- Kentucky, State Bar
- Iowa, State Bar
- American Bar Association - Member
- Kentucky Bar Association - Member
- Louisville Bar Association - Member
99 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
27 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Tax Law, Louisville (2024)
- Tax Law, Louisville (2022)
- Tax Law, Louisville (2017)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Louisville (2016)
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Tax Law
- 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
- Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated
- Kentucky Super Lawyers (2008-present)
- ChambersUSA America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2003-present)
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