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Brian Butler

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2023.
400 West Market Street, Suite 1800 Louisville, Kentucky 40202-3352
(502) 681-0617
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bbutler@stites.com
Firm: Stites & Harbison, PLLC
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Stites & Harbison, PLLC


Years In Practice


Phone Number (502) 681-0617

A trial attorney, Brian Butler has tried over 100 jury trials. Most recently, Brian had his own firm where he handled high-profile criminal defense cases, including white collar cases, in United States District Courts in Kentucky and Indiana as well as in state trial courts throughout Kentucky and Indiana. He is intimately familiar with complex federal investigations including those involving corporations and their employees. Before entering private practice, Brian served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky where he prosecuted a variety of federal crimes. Prior to joining the United States Attorney’s Office, Brian was a supervisor at the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office in Louisville where he primarily prosecuted high-profile homicide cases. Brian started his legal career as a United States Navy Judge Advocate where he served as both a prosecutor and defense attorney.

Brian’s success as a trial attorney has been widely-reported including being the subject of a front page profile piece by the Louisville Courier-Journal. He routinely serves as a legal analyst for Louisville television stations and the Louisville Courier-Journal. He served for many years as an adjunct professor for trial advocacy at the University of Louisville and a guest trial advocacy instructor at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. He has conducted numerous trial focus groups on behalf of civil litigants. In 2021, he was appointed by the federal bench in the Western District of Kentucky to be the Criminal Justice Act panel representative in connection with indigent defendants obtaining quality legal representation in United States District Court.

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Kentucky bail laws can make cost of crimes inconsistent, by Tori Gessner, wave3.com, February 17, 2022

Louisville man pleads guilty to 2012 fatal shooting of 15-year-old, WDRB.com, December 21, 2021

Ex-Louisville coach Dina Gaudio sentenced to one year probation, $10K fine in extortion case, by Shannon Russell, Louisville Courier Journal, August 27, 2021

Feds Oppose Prison For Fired NCAA Coach's Blackmail Threat, By Rachel Scharf, Law360.com, August 11, 2021, with Michael Denbow

Common billing errors that land medical providers on the government's radar, Medical News, July 25, 2021with Jennifer Henry Jackson

More Than Stites & Harbison

Brian started his legal career as a Judge Advocate General with the United States Navy (1995-98). He then joined the Commonwealth of Kentucky Attorney's office (1999-2004) as Assistant Commonwealth Attorney and Chief of a General Trial Unit where he prosecuted and tried numerous murder cases while also supervising multiple prosecutors and staff as Chief of the General Trial Unit (2002-04); prosecuted crimes against children and domestic violence cases (1999-2001); and was selected to serve as adjunct faculty at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina, where he taught trial advocacy to prosecutors from every jurisdiction in the U.S. (2000-04). Brian then joined the United States Attorney's Office (2004-06) as Assistant U.S. Attorney where he prosecuted federal crimes including drug trafficking, Title III (wiretap) cases, firearms cases, violent crimes and numerous other federal crimes; successfully tried multiple jury trials; redrafted and assisted in implementing the U.S. Attorney's Office's policy for selecting and prosecuting gun crimes and served as the Gang Crimes Coordinator for the Western District of Kentucky. After leaving the public defense practice, he was a Member of Dathorne & Butler (2007-20) where he was a successful trial attorney. Brian has served as a legal expert for local television and print media.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
  • Kentucky Super Lawyers® (2012-22)
  • Louisville Magazine, Top Lawyers
  • Recipient of two Navy Achievement Medals for litigation success as a United States Navy JAGC
Education
University of Notre Dame, J.D.
Graduated 1995
University of Kentucky, B.A.
Graduated 1991
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (502) 681-0617
bbutler@stites.com
400 West Market Street, Suite 1800
Louisville, Kentucky 40202-3352
Louisville, Kentucky 40202-3352
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