Before joining Gray Construction as General Counsel, Anne was a member of Stites & Harbison’s Construction Service Group in the firm’s Lexington office. Her practice focused on construction law and litigation. She is on the AAA panel of arbitrators. She is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and Litigation Counsel of Americ. Highlights of her years of private practice include:
- Developed and negotiated design and construction contracts for owner/developer of $1 billion investment in manufacturing facilities in South Carolina
- Participated in the development of term sheets and EPC contracts for $3 billion coal gasification facility in Western Kentucky
- Drafted and negotiated design build contract for fracking sands plant in South Dakota
- Review, advise and draft contracts, purchase orders, subconsultant agreements and subcontracts for multi-state design builder involved in projects ranging from $20 million to $300 million
- Successfully defended a multifaceted challenge of a PSD air permit by the Sierra Club and other citizens’ groups relating to the Cash Creek coal gasification facility
- Successfully litigated a case for a Minnesota bridge painting contractor, its subcontractor and its surety against the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Her clients achieved a $12 million settlement from the Cabinet, the largest settlement paid in the history of the Transportation Cabinet.
- Negotiated successful resolution of a multi-million dollar dispute with a contractor and its surety regarding the failure of the contractor to timely complete installation of a gas pipeline under the Spring River in Iowa.
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American College of Construction Lawyers, Fellow; Board of Governors; Chair, 2016 Annual Meeting
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Fellow, Litigation Counsel for America
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American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry, Governing Committee
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Kentucky Bar Association, Former Chair of Construction and Public Contracts Section
- Federal Bar Association
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American Arbitration Association, Mediators and Neutrals Panelist
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Kentucky Law Journal Association, Inc., Board Member and President, 1992-93
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American Bar Foundation, Fellow
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Ohio Valley Chapter of the DBIA, past Board Member, Legislative Chair and Vice President
Professional Accolades
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Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
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Best Lawyers in America®, Construction Law, Construction Litigation and Commercial Litigation (2007-15)
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Best Lawyers in America®, Lexington Area Construction Law Lawyer of the Year (2014)
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Kentucky Super Lawyers® (2007-16)
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Kentucky Super Lawyers®, Top 25 Women Lawyers in the state (2007-16)
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Chambers USA, “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” (2011-16)
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Benchmark Litigation magazine, Litigation Star (2015)
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Who’s Who Legal, Construction (2016)
ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Design Build Institute of America