MEMBERS
Peter J. Sewell (Member) born Washington, D.C., June 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Kentucky; 1981, Indiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and Southern District of Indiana. Education: Wittenberg University and University of Kentucky (B.A., 1976); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1980). Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Insurance Coverage Defense; Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Automobile Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Personal Liability Defense; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Premises Liability; Negligent Security; Premises Liability Defense; Premises Security; Private Security Litigation; Products Liability; Elevator Liability; Food Products Liability; Manufacturers Liability; Product Defects; Products Liability Defense; Recreational Products Liability.Email: Peter J. Sewell
Kenneth P. O'Brien (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, May 25, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Kentucky; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Journal of Law and Education, 1991-1992. Staff Attorney, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1992-1993. Member: Kentucky and American (Member, Sections on: Young Lawyers, Litigation; Law Practice Management; General Practice, Solo and Small Firm) Bar Associations; Kentucky Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Carman v. Dunaway Timber Co., Inc., 1997 WL86135 (KY); Knott County Nursing Home v. Wallen, 74 S.W. 3d 706 (KY. 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Copyright Infringement; General Liability Defense; Construction Accidents; Construction and Design Law; Construction Defects; Construction Litigation; Automobile Liability Defense; Federal Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation; Premises Liability Defense; Products Liability Defense.Email: Kenneth P. O'Brien
Michael P. Neal (Member) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1997, Indiana. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.S., cum laude, 1986); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1990). Member, Journal of Mineral Law and Policy. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1990-1994]. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Federal Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Defense; Workers Compensation Self Insurance; Workers Compensation Subrogation; Workers Compensation Mediation; Employment Defense; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Michael P. Neal
ASSOCIATES
Catherine M. Sewell (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, November 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., with honors, 1976; J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Kentucky Law Journal. Author, "The Hyde Amendment," Kentucky Law Journal, 1980-1981. Member: Kentucky Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense.
Thomas N. Peters (Associate) born Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1959; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., 1982); Western Washington University (M.S., 1984); University of Illinois (Ph.D., 1992); University of Kentucky (J.D., 2002). Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 2000-2002. Recipient: Outstanding Dissertation Award, National Communication Association, 1992; Brown, Todd, Heyburn Scholar, University of Kentucky Law School, 1999-2002. Assistant Professor, Communication, University of Louisville, 1989-1999. Author, "Religion, Establishment, and the Northwest Ordinance: A Closer Look at an Accomodationist Argument," 89 K.L.J. 743 (2001). Associate, Frost Brown Todd LLC, 2002-2005. Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Kentucky Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; General Liability Defense; Personal Liability Defense; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Litigation; Trial Practice; Federal Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Products Liability Defense; Construction Defects.Email: Thomas N. Peters
Erin C. Logsdon (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, July 28, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Kentucky; 2004, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); University of Louisville (J.D., 2003). Staff Member, Journal of Law and Education. Author, "'No Child Left Behind' and the Promotion of Single-Sex Public Education: Shattering the Glass Ceilings Perpetuated by Coeducation," Journal of Law and Education, April 2003. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Kentucky Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Workers Compensation Mediation; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Self Insurance; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Premises Liability Defense; Products Liability Defense; Civil Litigation; Trial Practice.Email: Erin C. Logsdon
Derek P. O'Bryan (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, January 18, 1971; admitted to bar, 2003, Kentucky. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., Biology, 1993); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Member: Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations; American Inn of Court (Brandeis Chapter). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Insurance Defense.Email: Derek P. O'Bryan