Thad Barnes is an experienced trial attorney with approximately 40 bench and jury trials to his credit. Mr. Barnes' practice is focused on intellectual property litigation, complex commercial litigation, and health care litigation. Mr. Barnes has extensive experience in patent litigation and trade secret cases and is listed in Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star in the Intellectual Property practice area. Mr. Barnes also handles complex electronic discovery issues and advises clients on privacy and information security issues and implements defensible approaches to the presentation, collection and production of electronically stored information (ESI) for litigation, government requests and investigations.
Lawyer Profile
Thad M. Barnes
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Recognized Since:2013
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Recognized in:Commercial Litigation
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Law School:University of Louisville
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Languages:English
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Location:400 West Market Street, Suite 1800Louisville, KY 40202-3352
Thad Barnes is an experienced trial attorney with approximately 40 bench and jury trials to his credit. Mr. Barnes' practice is focused on intellectual property litigation, complex commercial litigation, and health care litigation. Mr. Barnes has extensive experience in patent litigation and trade secret cases and is listed in Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star in the Intellectual Property practice area. Mr. Barnes also handles complex electronic discovery issues and advises clients on privacy and information security issues and implements defensible approaches to the presentation, collection and production of electronically stored information (ESI) for litigation, government requests and investigations.
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- University of Louisville , J.D., graduated 1993
- University of Kentucky , BA, graduated 1990
Bar Admissions:
- Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association
- Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
Court Admissions:
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Affiliations:
- American Bar Association - Member
- Defense Research Institute (DRI) - Member
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- Kentucky Bar Association - Member
- Leo Bearman Jr. American Inns of Court Society - Member
- Louisville Bar Association - Member
- Memphis Bar Association - Member
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:
- Commercial Litigation
Awards:
- Kentucky Super Lawyers
- Benchmark Litigation magazine, Litigation Star
Special Focus:
- COVID-19
Lawyer Practice Areas
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Firm Details
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
11
Office Locations
in 1
Country
Lawyer Case History
Trade Secret case
After a five week jury trial in New Jersey federal court, obtained a unanimous defense verdict in favor of fragrance company Mane USA, Inc. dismissing claims that the company conspired with a perfumer to misappropriate over 600 trade secret fragrance formulas from a competitor–Swiss fragrance giant Givaudan Fragrances Corp.
Lead Counsel
Lead counsel in obtaining $40 million settlement for global flavor manufacturer V. Mane Fils against a competitor for claims of patent infringement, false advertising, and tortious interference.
Arbitration Trial
Lead counsel in successful international arbitration trial involving pro audio music speaker manufacturer and foreign distributor for 40 countries
Hospital Merger Challenge
Successfully defended a second request hospital merger challenge by Federal Trade Commission
Environmental Remediation
Co-counsel in multi-million dollar environmental remediation and allocation dispute involving international corporations.
Document Retention
Developed numerous document retention/ESI policies for large U.S. corporations
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