D. Kevin Ryan

Louisville, Kentucky

Of Counsel

Phone: (502) 371-3536
Fax: (502) 371-9236
Email: kryan@derbycitylaw.com

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

Practices

• 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)