Robert Coleman Stilz III

My grandfather was a dentist and took great pride in his work, and his patients (including me) always trusted they were in good hands when they went to see him. He worked hard and approached his profession as a craft. Seeing how my grandfather worked has sparked the same attitude in me. I treat litigation as a craft and take pride in my work on behalf of each client.

Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Trust and Estate Litigation
Construction Litigation

Representing businesses and individuals in commercial disputes. Represented energy, construction, manufacturing, hospitality, and equine businesses and individual owners, directors, or officers in contract, fiduciary duty, employment, construction, and regulatory disputes or litigation, including recently obtaining dismissal of all derivative action claims asserted against a company’s member and manger in breach of fiduciary duty litigation.

Representing parties in estate litigation. Prosecuted and defended actions involving estate, trust, and guardianship litigation, including obtaining trust reformation on behalf of clients mistakenly excluded from a multi-million dollar trust.

Litigating real estate disputes. Represented business and individual landowners in variety of real estate disputes, including quite title actions, boundary disputes, and easement disputes.

Appellate cases: McNees v. RC Nassar, LLC, 2020 WL 1074795 (Ky. Ct. App. 2020) (breach of fiduciary duties); Scott v. First Southern National Bank, 936 F.3d 509 (6th Cir. 2019) (bank liability); Stephen D. Prater Builder, Inc. v. Larmar Lodging Corp., 441 S.W.3d 133, 134 (Ky. Ct. App. 2014) (arbitration appeal); Rozeboom v. Hugh Jass Burgers, LLC, 2013 WL 3332245 (Ky. Ct. App. June 28, 2013) (premises liability); Ahlan Wa Sahlan Hospitality Co. v. United Citizens Bank of S. Kentucky, Inc., 2013 WL 275636, (Ky. Ct. App. Jan. 25, 2013) (bank liability)