Marjorie A. Farris is co-chair of the firm's Class Action Defense Practice Group and has actively defended more than 50 class actions nationwide. Ms. Farris is a current member of the firm's Management Committee and former co-chair of the Recruiting Committee, 2005-2007. Recent Assignments · Primary drafter of brief and participated in oral argument in defeating motion for nationwide class certification in Washington state. · Successfully defended a complex business litigation case involving dispute over sale of a business seeking millions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages. · Successfully defended breach of contract claim and pursued counterclaim for contract damages in dispute between two business entities for component parts. Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications · "Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Clause Limiting Class-Action Lawsuits," Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Client Alert, April 26, 2011 · Author, Kentucky section in the ABA's publication Survey of State Class Action Law (included in Newberg on Class Actions) 1999-present · "Introduction to Employment Law Class Actions," co-author and presenter, Louisville Bar Association, Nov. 14, 2002 · "Navigating the Class Action Maze," co-author and presenter, Louisville Bar Association, Dec. 4, 2001 Before Stites & Harbison When it came to her law career, Ms. Farris was single-minded. "I knew I wanted to be a litigator from the very beginning." More than Stites & Harbison Marjorie was named to the "Forty under 40" list by Business First of Louisville in September 2008 and is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers. She is also listed the Best Lawyers In America© (2012) for Mass Tort Litigation and in Kentucky Super Lawyers magazine (2010-11). She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Women & Families and coordinated the firm's Volunteer Lawyer Program from September 2003 - September 2008, which provides pro bono legal services for victims of domestic violence. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana. She also is a graduate of Ignite Louisville, a 6-month leadership development course for young professionals. Besides Stites & Harbison Ms. Farris enjoys golf, travel, reading, attending college sporting events and spending time with family and friends, especially her two nephews. Memberships American Bar Association, Class Action and Derivitive Suits Subcommittee Kentucky Bar Association Louisville Bar Association Defense Research Institute (DRI) Community Involvement Center for Women & Families, Board of Directors Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana, Board of Directors News 75 Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in Best Lawyers in America Kentucky Super Lawyers list"Kentucky Super Lawyers list Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Clause Limiting Class-Action Lawsuits |