Chadwick A. McTighe

Practice Areas

Appellate Advocacy

Arbitration, Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

Business Litigation

Class Action, Mass Action & Multi-District Litigation

Financial Services Litigation

Gaming

Litigation & Appeals

Privacy & Data Security

Career

Chad McTighe is a Member in the Louisville office and served as Chair of the Business Litigation Service Group before being elected to the firm's Management Committee. He is also Co-Chair of the firm's Class Action Team. Chad regularly advises and represents clients in a wide range of business and commercial litigation matters, including extensive practice in class action litigation, shareholder and membership disputes, real estate litigation, data breaches, and fiduciary duty litigation. He represents clients in various industries, including oil and gas, telecommunications, insurance, financial institutions, health care, and many others. He has practiced in a number of state and federal courts and has successfully argued multiple issues of first impression resulting in published appellate decisions. He is proud to have earned the respect and confidence of his clients and his peers, as reflected in his AV-Preeminent® rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, his rating by Super Lawyers, his listing in Best Lawyers in America®, his recognition in Benchmark Litigation’s Under 40 Hot List 2016, and his appointment to serve as a Special Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2023.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Louisville Bar Association

Publications

"Fraud: Kentucky," Practical Law Commerce Litigation State Q&A, August 7, 2025, with Michael E. Kleinert and Zachary M. VanVactor

"Equitable Remedies for Contract Actions: Kentucky," Practical Law Commercial Litigation State Q&A, Thomson Reuters, May 2025, with Michael E. Kleinert and Zachary M. VanVactor

"Breach of Contract Defenses: Kentucky," Practical Law State Q&A, Thomson Reuters, December 2024, with Michael E. Kleinert and Zachary M. VanVactor

"Contract Basics for Litigators: Kentucky, " Practical Law State Q&A, Thomson Reuters, December 2024, with Michael E. Kleinert and Zachary M. VanVactor

"Tortious Interference: Kentucky," Practical Law State Q&A, Thomson Reuters, December 2024, with Michael E. Kleinert and Zachary M. VanVactor

"Breach of Fiduciary Duty: Kentucky," Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, November 2021, with Michael E. Kleinert and Zachary M. VanVactor

"Refreshing Relief or Return of the Robocalls?" with Neal F. Bailen and Jeffrey S. Moad, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, April 2, 2021

"I Mailed It . . . But Can I Prove It?" with Brian R. Pollock, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, January 28, 2021

Personal

University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2004

University of Notre Dame, B.A., Program of Liberal Studies, cum laude, 2001