About Anita Britton

ANITA M. BRITTON was born and raised in Woodford County where she lives on a small farm with her husband, Stuart Bennett, and their fur-kids, Teddy ,Sophie, Sunshine and Buddy. After nearly 30 years with Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, she is a founding member of Britton Johnson PLLC.

A 1972 graduate of Woodford County High School, Anita went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Centre College of Kentucky in 1976. While at Centre, Anita served as co-editor of the Cento, the student newspaper. She was also Sweetheart of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and a cheerleader.

After a year at the college as a Lilly Fellow, Anita came to Lexington where she worked in local government before entering the Rosenberg College of Law at the University of Kentucky in the fall of 1979. Anita received her Juris Doctorate with Distinction from the University of Kentucky in 1982. She is a member of the Family Law Sections of the American, Kentucky and Fayette County Bar Associations and served as the Chair of the Family Law Practice Section of the Kentucky Bar. Anita has served as the Chair of the Kentucky Bar Convention twice and has on numerous occasions served on the CLE Planning Committee for the Bar Convention. She served as a member of the Continuing Legal Education Commission for the Kentucky Bar Association for six years including a year as Chairman from 2007-2008. In 2008, she was elected to the Kentucky Board of Bar Governors for the 5th Supreme Court District in which position she served until 2014. For the last many years, Anita has lectured twice a year to new lawyers on the ethics of litigation and has lectured extensively on evidence law in Kentucky.