Donovan Gibbs is a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology group, in the Louisville, Kentucky office of Stites & Harbison, PLLC. His practice focuses on counseling clients in litigation and transactional matters involving intellectual property. He assists clients with the selection, adoption, registration, and protection of their trademarks as well as registration of copyrights. He assists clients with a variety of transactional issues including those related to licensing of copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. As someone who was once a college athlete himself, Donovan is passionate about providing counsel to players and protecting their NIL rights with a thoughtful and empathetic perspective, through lived experience.
It is my privilege as a Lexington criminal defense attorney to represent people against the power of the government. The United States and Kentucky Constitutions guarantee those charged with criminal offenses the right to a lawyer, and that is what I do: advocate for good people in bad situations.
“I have never been in the practice of being an attorney who tries to please other attorneys regardless of whether I win or lose because my reputation is built by being an attorney who never gives up on my clients.” -Daniel E. Whitley, Sr.
A Lexington, KY native, Daniel E. Whitley Sr. takes pride in being an advocate for his community and clients. “I grew up here. Local schools, local churches, local grocery stores and malls, so I have a personalized passion for criminal defense.”
EDUCATION & BAR ADMISSION
University of Kentucky
Juris Doctorate from Florida A&M College of Law
Admitted to the Bar since 2011
Member of the International Bar Association