MEMBERS OF FIRM
John R. Martin, Jr. (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, July 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., 1975); Oxford University, Oxford, England; University of Kentucky (J.D., 1979). Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations; Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys; Kentucky Defense Counsel. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation.Email: John R. Martin, Jr.
Jennifer A. Peterson (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, July 12, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Member: Louisville Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: Jennifer A. Peterson
Robert T. Watson (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, April 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Kentucky; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., 1987); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Fayette County Attorney, 1994. Member: Louisville (Vice Chairperson, Litigation Section), Fayette County, Jefferson County and Kentucky Bar Associations. (Resident, Louisville Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Rights; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Corporate.Email: Robert T. Watson
R. Kent Westberry (Member) born Marion, Kentucky, July 21, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Kentucky. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A., 1977); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1980). Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1981-1987. Chairman, Civil Justice Reform Act Committee for U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1991-1995. Special Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court, 1994. Vice Chairman and Member, Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, 1995-1999. Member, Board of Directors, Federal Public Defenders Corporation, W.D. Kentucky, 2001. Member: Kentucky (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-2000; Vice President, 2002-2003; President-Elect, 2003-2004; President, 2004-2005) and American Bar Associations; Wong Sun Society; National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; U.S. Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member). Reported Cases: U.S. v. Gibson, 409 F.3d 325 (C.A.6 (Ky.), May 24, 2005); Brandon Enterprises, LLC. V. U.S., 358 F.Supp.2d 506 (W.D. Va., February 28, 2005); U.S. v. Ford, 176 F.3d 376, (C.A.6 (Ky.), May 19, 1999); U.S. v. Smith, 898 F.Supp. 464 (W.D.Ky., January 6, 1995); Midwest Terminals, Inc. v. U.S., 882 F.Supp. 627 (W.D.Ky, August 18, 1992); U.S. v. Viers, 637 F.Supp. 1343 (W.D.Ky. April 22, 1986); In re Grand Jury Proceedings, Hellmann, 756 F.2d 428, (C.A.6 (Ky.) February 8, 1985). Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense Law; Complex Criminal Litigation in State and Federal Court; Business Litigation; Professional Malpractice Litigation; Trial Practice.Email: R. Kent Westberry
ASSOCIATES
Michael K. Nisbet (Associate) born Logan, West Virginia, June 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1999, Kentucky; 2000, Indiana. Education: Marshall University (M.A., Education Administration, 1989); Louis Brandies School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 1999). Author: "Workers Compensation & Teacher Stress," Journal of Law & Education, Vol. 28 No. 24, October 1999. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Collections.Email: Michael K. Nisbet
Chris J. Gadansky (Associate) born Mt. Kisco, New York, April 17, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky. Education: Bellarmine College (B.A., English, cum laude, 1997); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Rights; Municipal Law.Email: Chris J. Gadansky
Kristin N. Logan (Associate) born Ashland, Kentucky, July 31, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1998); University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (J.D., 2001). Staff Attorney, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 2001-2003. Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of the Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, 2005-2007. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. (Also at Lexington Office). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; White Collar Criminal Defense; Business Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Professional Malpractice Litigation; Trial Practice.