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Philip W. Collier

Stites & Harbison, PLLC
  • Recognized Since:
    2006
  • Recognized in:
    Bet-the-Company Litigation
    Commercial Litigation...
  • Law School:
    University of Kentucky
  • Lawyer Page:
    http://www.stites.com/attorney...
  • Website:
    http://www.stites.com
  • E-mail:
    pcollier@stites.com
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    400 West Market Street, Suite 1800
    Louisville, KY 40202-3352

Phil Collier is a Member of the Firm who began practice with Stites & Harbison in 1980, was named partner in 1986 and served as a member of the firm's Management Committee (2001-2004).  He is currently Chair of the firm's Business Litigation Service Group.

He has more than 31 years of litigation and trial experience, including complex litigation involving manufacturers, communications, investments, financial institutions, insurers and energy/mineral companies.  He has deep experience in business torts, contract disputes, fights arising out of the purchase and sale of companies and their assets, and corporate governance struggles between directors, officers and shareholders.

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Lawyer Bio

Phil Collier is a Member of the Firm who began practice with Stites & Harbison in 1980, was named partner in 1986 and served as a member of the firm's Management Committee (2001-2004).  He is currently Chair of the firm's Business Litigation Service Group.

He has more than 31 years of litigation and trial experience, including complex litigation involving manufacturers, communications, investments, financial institutions, insurers and energy/mineral companies.  He has deep experience in business torts, contract disputes, fights arising out of the purchase and sale of companies and their assets, and corporate governance struggles between directors, officers and shareholders.

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Education:

  • University of Kentucky , J.D., with dinstinction, graduated 1979
  • University of Kentucky , BA, graduated 1976

Bar Admissions:

  • Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association
 

Court Admissions:

  • U.S. Supreme Court

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Kentucky Bar Association - Member
  • Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow
  • Louisville Bar Association - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Louisville (2019)
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance, Louisville (2016)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Louisville (2011)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
 

Awards:

  • ChambersUSA America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2003-present)
  • Kentucky SuperLawyers (2007-present)
  • Benchmark Litigation's Litigation Star (2010, 2013-present)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rated
  • Louisville Magazine Top Lawyers (2014, 2016)

Special Focus:

  • COVID-19
 

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Firm Details

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Stites & Harbison, PLLC
http://www.stites.com
 
Headquarters
400 West Market Street, Suite 1800
Louisville, KY 40202-3352
(502) 587.3400
10 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

Georgia

Georgia

Atlanta, GA

303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2800

Atlanta, GA 30308

United States

(404) 739.8800

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Indiana

Indiana

Jeffersonville, IN

323 East Court Avenue

Jeffersonville, IN 47130

United States

(812) 282.7566

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Kentucky

Kentucky

Covington, KY

100 East RiverCenter Boulevard, Suite 450

Covington, KY 41011

United States

(859) 652.7600

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Frankfort, KY

250 West Main Street, Suite 2300

Frankfort, KY 40507

United States

(502) 223.3477

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Lexington, KY

250 West Main Street, Suite 2300

Lexington, KY 40507-1758

United States

(859) 226.2300

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Tennessee

Tennessee

Franklin, TN

604 West Main Street

Franklin, TN 37064

United States

(615) 595.0636

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Memphis, TN

6410 Poplar Avenue, Suite 180

Memphis, TN 38119

United States

(901) 866.8975

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Nashville, TN

401 Commerce Street, Suite 800

Nashville, TN 37219

United States

(615) 782.2200

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Virginia

Virginia

Alexandria, VA

1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 325

Alexandria, VA 22314

United States

(703) 739.4900

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Lawyer Case History

Groundwater Contamination Litigation

Prosecuted claims for recovery of tens of millions of dollars in costs required to clean-up groundwater contamination at 150+ acre chemical plant under terms of complex acquisition agreements.  Won summary judgment requiring indemnification for the cost of the cleanup and all future cleanup costs.  Also prosecuted claims against later plant operator based upon complex evidence of releases and contaminant transport over several decades.  Presented and examined contaminant transport hydrogeolgists, mechanical and structural engineers, process engineers and statisticians. 

Financial Institution Litigation

Prosecuted claims against auditors, directors, officers, counsel and appraisers for the Liquidator of the largest financial institution to fail in Kentucky history—involving commercial real estate loan failures and false financial reporting.  Secured judgments and settlements from all responsible parties and historically significant 8-figure recovery from the company's auditing firm. 

Antitrust Claims

Secured dismissal of recently-filed antitrust tying claims which were premised upon an alleged market restricted to franchisees. 

Litigation

Successfully defended an electrostatic precipitator maker against claims arising from the collapse of the exhaust ductwork system at a coal-fired power plant, which resulted in a plant shutdown. 

RICO Litigation

Successfully prosecuted RICO claims on behalf of mining company against transportation company to recover damages caused by kick-back schemes. 
 
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