Practice areas

• Estate planning and administration
• Probate
• Trusts
• Corporate law
• Trust and estate litigation
• Trusts and estates taxation
• Business planning
• Business transactions
• Tax litigation
• Trust litigation

Admitted

• Kentucky, 1985
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Tax Court, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit

Education

• Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1984
• New York University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1985
• Temple University, B.A., 1980

Associations & memberships

• Fayette County, Kentucky Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation; President, Probate and Corporate Law, 2007; Legislative Committee, 2008-)
• American Bar Association (Sections: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust; Business Law)

Biographical details

• Sigma Nu Phi. Member, Moot Court Board, 1982-1984. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1983-1984.
• Adjunct Instructor, Paralegal Studies, Department of Government, Eastern Kentucky University, 1989—.
• Author: 'Probating the Will,' Kentucky Estate Administration Handbook, 3rd. Ed., University of Kentucky, 2000.
• Author: 'Estate Planning With Insurance Issues in Mind,' Kentucky Estate Planning, 2nd Ed., University of Kentucky, 2003.

Stidham & Associates, P.S.C. serves clients in Kentucky, primarily throughout Lexington, Richmond,Pikeville, and Central and Eastern  Kentucky.