Attorneys

Bill V. Seiller
Louisville, Kentucky

Member
phone	(502) 584-7400
fax	(502) 371-9223
email	seiller@derbycitylaw.com

Bill V. Seiller is the senior litigation partner in Seiller Waterman LLC. Although he is now devoting his full time to litigation, Bill has experience in many areas of law, including land use, labor, and family law. In the course of his practice, he has obtained appellate decisions which have established Kentucky precedents in divorce, land use, workers' compensation, personal injury, and contract law. A native of Louisville, he received his undergraduate degree from the College of Commerce at the University of Kentucky, his law degree from the University of Illinois, and he attended graduate school at the University of Louisville School of Business. He is a member of the American, Kentucky and Louisville Bar Associations, the American Association for Justice, Municipal Attorneys League, and the Kentucky Justice Association.

Bill has been active with numerous civic and charitable organizations his entire career. He currently serves on the Legal Aid Society Board of Directors, and as a volunteer member on two committees at the Veterans Administration Hospital.

Bill V. Seiller is a civil litigator who has practiced in both State and Federal Courts for over 50 years. Bill continues to maintain an active practice in tort, commercial, zoning and diverse litigation. For several years, Bill has been a frequent presenter at CLE seminars.

Awards and Honors: Has achieved Martindale-Hubbell distinguished rating of AV Preeminent; Named in Louisville Magazine in the practice of Zoning, Planning & Land Use, as one of the Best Lawyers in Louisville, 2011; Named in Louisville Magazine in the practice of Litigation and Zoning, Planning & Land Use, as one of the Best Lawyers in Louisville, 2009; Kentucky Bar Association, Senior Counselor; Louisville Magazine in the practice of Family, Litigation and, Land Use Law as one of the Best Lawyers in Louisville, 2008

Memberships: American Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association; Louisville Bar Association; Kentucky Justice Association; American Association for Justice; Municipal Attorneys League

Admissions and Courts: Kentucky, 1958; U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Education: University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1958
J.D.; University of Kentucky, 1954
B.S.

Practices: Tort; Commercial Litigation; Land Use; Family Law

Published/Notable Cases: Sedley v. West Buechel, 461 S.W.2d 556 (Ky. App. 1970); Jackson v. Hutchinson, 453 S.W.2d 269 (Ky. 1970); Montfort v. Archer, 477 S.W.2d 144 (Ky. 1971); Louisville & Jefferson County Planning Commission v. Schmidt, 83 S.W.3d 449 (Ky. 2002)

Pro Bono Activities:: VA IRB; Clinical Research Foundation; Cherokee Triangle Association; Dartmouth - Willow Terrace Condominium Association; Legal Aid Society