Chrisandrea L. Turner
Chrisandrea (Chrissie) Turner of our Lexington office is a bankruptcy and creditors’ rights litigator focusing on corporate bankruptcy and restructuring and adversary proceeding defense. Ms. Turner regularly represents lenders, trade creditors, lessors and lessees, sureties, and large creditors in Chapter 11 matters and complex bankruptcies around the country. Her litigation practice includes receiverships, preferential and fraudulent transfer defense in bankruptcies, nondischarge of debt adversaries and foreclosure. Chrissie's discipline of practice touches areas beyond bankruptcy, including environmental actions, healthcare matters and corporate transactions. Working closely with multiple Stites service groups, Chrissie is able to advise our clients on issues they face both inside and out of creditor-oriented matters.
Wage Garnishments and Client Responsibilities
Speaker, Kentucky Paralegal Association Conference, November 2, 2023
Bankrupt Hemp Co. Can't Get Back Payments In Contract Row
by Mike Curley, Law360.com, June 2, 2023
Represent creditor against State of Tennessee regarding inadequate healthcare reimbursements
Represent secured creditor/company owner against fraud claims asserted by Unsecured Creditors Committee in Bankruptcy
Represent corporate creditors in nondischarge trials
Defend corporate creditors in multi-million dollar preference actions
Serve as national counsel for medical air transport services in 11 states
Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group, Chair
Firm Recruiting Committee, former Member
Lexington Office Recruiting Committee, former Chair
Leadership Kentucky, Board of Directors (2015-present); Executive Committee (2022-24)
Leadership Lexington, Class of 2013
Dv8 Vocational Training Foundation, Board of Directors (2022-present)
Women Leading Kentucky, former Chair (2015-18)
cum laude
University of Kentucky College of Law
Order of the Coif
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts
Upon graduating from law school, Chrissie clerked for Hon. Judge Joseph M. Hood, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, and Hon. Judge Eugene E. Siler, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She began her bankruptcy practice in 2001, and has litigated bankruptcy matters in Kentucky, Delaware, Connecticut, California, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri and New York.
Chrissie is active in the American Bankruptcy Institute and previously served as Chair of Women Leading Kentucky. She has served as a member of the board of directors for Leadership Kentucky since 2015.
Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy (2018-24)
Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers (2020)
Significant Bankruptcy Issue Pending Before U.S. Supreme Court
In December 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., Case No. 23-124. Purdue Pharma is the drug manufacturer of the prescription opioid, OxyContin, an alleged contributor to a major public health crisis involving loss of life due to overdose. Chrisandrea Turner takes a look at the case in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.
Chrisandrea Turner Selected for Leadership Lexington’s Class of 2023-24
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Leadership Lexington has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Chrisandrea L. Turner as a member of the 2023-24 Leadership Lexington program.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® Publications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 101 of its lawyers are included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Local Bankruptcy Rules: Kentucky (W.D. Ky.)
Attorneys Brian Pollock, Chrisandrea Turner, and Corey Dunn authored this Practice Note summarizing selected rules of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® Publications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 98 of its lawyers are included in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Additionally, 11 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 19 attorneys are recognized in “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.
Local Bankruptcy Rules: Kentucky (E.D. KY)
Bankruptcy attorneys Brian Pollock, Chrisandrea Turner and Elizabeth Thompson discuss Kentucky bankruptcy rules in this Practical Law Practice Note.
Chrisandrea Turner Named Chair-Elect of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section
LEXINGTON, Ky.—At the Kentucky Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Law Section annual meeting, Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Chrisandrea Turner was named Chair-Elect of the Bankruptcy Law Section. Turner will serve a one-year term.
Local Bankruptcy Rules: Kentucky (W.D. Ky.)
Stites & Harbison attorneys, Brian Pollock, Chrissie Turner and Corey Dunn recently published an article for Thomson Reuters focused on local bankruptcy rules for the Western District of Kentucky.