Joseph L. "Joe" Hamilton

Joseph L. "Joe" Hamilton


Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Recognized since 2007

Louisville, Kentucky

Practice Areas

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Commercial Litigation

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Joe Hamilton is a Member of the firm and has been based in the Louisville office since 1986. He is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group, which is home to approximately 60 attorneys and paralegals and is co-chair and co-founder of the firm's 20 member Class Action Defense Practice Group. His practice emphasis is in class action defense and other complex business and business insurance litigation.

With regard to his class action defense practice, Mr. Hamilton has been counsel in over 150 class actions during the last 25 years. Those class actions have been concentrated primarily in life insurance, health insurance, ERISA and other insurance and financial product issues. He has defended clients in putative statewide and nationwide class actions on a regional and national basis, representing them in the state or federal courts of more than 25 states from coast to coast.

Location
  • 400 West Market Street, Suite 1800
    Louisville, KY 40202-3352
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Louisville, J.D., graduated 1977
  • Williams College, BA, graduated 1973
Bar Admissions
  • Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • International Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Kentucky Bar Association - Member
  • Louisville Bar Association - Member
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Federal Clerkships
  • United States District Court

Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Headquarters: Louisville, Kentucky

96 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

29 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated
  • ChambersUSA (2008-14)
  • Benchmark: Litigation Magazine's "Litigation Star" (2008, 2009, 2013-present)
  • Kentucky Super Lawyers (2012-present)
  • Louisville Magazine Top Lawyers (2013, 2014)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

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