D. Kevin Ryan

Seiller Waterman LLC

Honors and Awards

  • Beta Gamma Sigma
  • Numerous CLE Recognition Awards

Memberships

  • Louisville Estate Planning Council, 1978 - Present
  • Louisville Bar Association, Member, Business Law, Taxation and Probate and Estate Sections, 1978 - Present
  • Louisville Bar Association, Co-Chair, Taxation Section (1993-94)
  • Indiana Bar Association, 2015 - Present
  • Louisville Ski Club, Inc., General Counsel, 1981 - Present
  • Taylorsville Water Skiers, Inc., General Counsel, 1984 – Present
  • Kentucky Bar Association, Member, Taxation Section, 1977 - Present

Admissions and Courts

  • Kentucky, 1977
  • Indiana, 2015
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Kentucky, 1978
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Indiana, 2002
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1978
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2002
  • U.S. Tax Court, 1979
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1980

Education

  • Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia: LL.M., in Taxation - 1978
  • University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky: J.D. - 1977
  • University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky: B.S. - 1974 - Major: Accounting

Practice Areas

  • General Corporate Law and Contracts
  • Commercial Transactions and Acquisitions
  • Employment Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Tax Appeals and Litigation (Federal and Kentucky)
  • Probate and Estate Administration/Litigation
  • Estate and Tax Planning
  • Real Estate Law

Litigation Percentage

  • 35% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Representative Cases

  • Loving v. WLOU-AM, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105957
  • KRS Corp., LLC v. QSR Automations, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87745
  • Young v. Richardson, 2011 CA-1499, (Ky. App. 2014)
  • Young v. Richardson, 2012 KY. App. LEXIS 129
  • Young v. Richardson, 2014 Ky. App Unpub. 39, 40. 43 & 46
  • City of Jeffersonville v. Deckard, 2016 U.S. Dist. Lexis 83410
  • Representative Clients
  • Commercial & Industrial Consultants, Inc. (Commercial Business Broker)
  • Global Polymers, LLC (Plastic Resins Distributor and Recycler)
  • Bill Collins Ford, Inc. (Automobile Sales, Service, Leasing, Parts and Internet)
  • Ott Communications, LLC (National Advertising and Marketing)
  • e-PULSETrak.com, Inc. (CRM System for Auto Dealers)
  • Kentucky Truck Sales, Inc. (Truck Sales, Service, Leasing, Repairs and Parts)
  • Rainbow Design Services, Inc. (Engineering, Design and Survey for Cable TV And Other Telecommunications Networks)
  • Volleyball Connection, Inc. (National Manufacturer Sales Rep.)
  • Prometheus Limited Partnership (Low Income Housing Tax Credits)
Seiller Waterman LLC

Phone: (502) 371-3536

Fax: (502) 371-9236

Of Counsel

D. Kevin Ryan