COMMUNITY

Community & Charitable Involvement of OBT Attorneys & Staff:

O’Bryan, Brown & Toner, PLLC has a strong interest and commitment to our community. We believe in engagement. We strive to be good citizens by our involvement with organizations and individuals who are working hard to address community concerns. We actively support many local organizations, charities, civic activities, events and celebrations. By doing so, we hope to make our community a stronger, safer, better place in which to live and work! Taking time to help and mentor others inspires everyone and we encourage these activities.

As you will see from the following, ever evolving and growing list, our attorneys and staff have a wide range of community interests and concerns:

Editorial Committee, Kentucky Bar Association
Director, Kentucky Defense Counsel
Board member, University of Louisville Pediatric Foundation
Vice President & Board member of the Pediatric Endowment Fund
State Representative for Defense Research Institute (DRI)
The Filson Club
The Harvard Club of Western Kentucky
Board member, Summit Academy
In-class volunteer for Junior Achievement
Citizens for Better Judges
Junior League
Guest Speaker at the School for the Blind for the legal profession and at their Mock Trial competition
Volunteer at Wayside Christian Mission
Volunteer for ECHO (Exploited Children’s Help Organization)
Volunteer foster care for the Kentucky Humane Society
Volunteers for Habitat for Humanity
Judge for college debate tournaments
Coach for high school and college debaters
Volunteers at St. Joseph’s Children’s Home
Alunmi Association president, Trinity High School
School Board member, Trinity High School
Founder and Director, Cure CF,Inc.
Board member, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Volunteer football coach for the 3^rd and 4^th grade team at St. Agnes School
Community theater; both on-stage and behind the scenes with several local community theaters, including Mummers & Minstrels productions, supporting such organizations as the Audio Studio for the Reading Impaired, Bellewood Home for Children, and the Anchorage School Auditorium
State Director and Board Member, Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue
Volunteer with Kentucky Derby Festival activities, including selling Pegasus Pins and a member of the Pacing Committee for the Pegasus Parade
Louisville Derby Festival Marathon and Mini Marathon
Louisville Bar Foundation
Kosair Children’s Hospital Foundation
Council on Mental Retardation – Art from the Heart
Membership, activity, service, and participation with many area churches as Sunday School teachers, youth group leaders, Elders, Deacons, Bible study leaders, nursery assistant, and all the volunteer activity associated with those memberships, including soup kitchens, and work with world-wide disaster relief organizations
Individual or O’Bryan, Brown & Toner Contributions and/or Memorials to:
The American Cancer Society
The Alzheimer’s Association
The ALS Association
Trinity High School
University of Kentucky
The Hemophilia Association
The American Heart Association
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Angel Tree
The Greater Louisville Irish Society
Junior Achievement Golf Marathon
Special Olympics
Hurricane Katrina relief
Home of the Innocence
The Carter Center
Habitat for Humanity
Mercy Corps
Humane Society
Catholic Charities
International Red Cross
Shamrock Animal Foundation, including Art for the Animals
Woodstock Animal Foundation
World Wildlife Fund
ASCPA
Gentile Barn
Soi Dog Foundation
Environmental Defense Fund
Lifebridge Food Bank
Bears on Patrol
EDGE Outreach
Bellewood Presbyterian Home for Children
Membership in The Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), which holds a Community Challenge Weekend project each fall to provide gifts, money, time and talent to a local school or organization in need of assistance
Adoption of a needy family during the holiday season, with contributions from both the firm and from individuals to provide food, money and gifts
Care packages for soldiers
Dare to Care Food Bank donations as part of holiday giving
Whenever someone in the firm has a hospitalization, birth or death in the family, we band together to coordinate a A helping hands@ food delivery to make their lives a little easier.
Volunteer with G.O. Ministries
Board Member, Zionsville Youth Football League
Indiana State Bar Association, Member of Disciplinary Committee
Indiana State Bar Association, Chair, Casemaker Improvement Committee
Crescent Hill Community Council- Cochran Hill Neighborhood Representative
Peterson-Dumesnil House Foundation, Board of Directors, Member
Waterfront Botanical Gardens, Board Member

We strongly believe it is important for us to “give back” and we hope our involvement shows a trend for caring, sharing, and building a better community!