Donald K. Brown Jr. >> Sr. Partner
DON BROWN is an experienced and exceptionally prolific trial attorney whose primary practice area is insurance defense litigation, with an emphasis in medical malpractice defense. He has successfully defended numerous Kentucky doctors from claims seeking millions of dollars in high-profile malpractice suits. In the past ten years, Don has had over 30 verdicts, placing him in the top ten most prolific attorneys in Kentucky for that period. He has won several state and national awards and recognitions and he is a well-known seminar speaker on the subject of medical malpractice. Don received his JD from University of Tennessee and his BA from University of Kentucky. His younger daughter is involved with cancer research and his older daughter is a general surgeon practicing in Ohio. He has three grandchildren. Outside the office, Don enjoys golf and music. He and his wife, Cheryl, enjoy traveling and spending time with their children and grandchildren.
Don was featured on the front page of the Courier-Journal newspaper. Click here to read the article.
Educational Background
University of Tennessee School of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee. Awarded degree of Juris Doctor, 1979.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Awarded degree of Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 1972.
Professional Background
Founding Partner, O’Bryan, Brown & Toner, Louisville, Kentucky, January 1991-present. Primary practice areas include insurance defense litigation cases involving matters of medical malpractice, negligence and tort claims, product liability, and professional liability defense and insurance coverage. Partner, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, Kentucky, July 1983-January 1991. Area of practice was insurance defense with emphasis on medical malpractice. Attorney at law, Boehl, Stopher, Graves, & Deindoerfer, Paducah, Kentucky, 1980-1982. Attorney at law, Ayres, Parkey, Skaggs, & Ware, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1979-1980.
Court Admissions
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Supreme Court of Kentucky
United States District Court for Western District of Kentucky
United States District Court for Eastern District of Kentucky
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Presentations
Guest Lecturer at University of Colorado School of Law, December 6, 2006; Seminar: “Failure to Diagnose – A Continuing Challenge” Risk Management Seminar, October 5, 2006; Seminar: American Pediatric Project – Romania “Medical Malpractice: Perceptions and Realities”; Physician Survival Seminar: “Finding Your Way Through the Malpractice Maze” Baptist Hospital East, April 26, 2005; Seminar: “Avoiding Malpractice in the Emergency Room” Risk Management Roundtable at Baptist Hospital East, March 19, 2004; Seminar: Panel Discussion regarding Medical Malpractice, Grand Rounds at University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Surgery “Unintended Consequences of Surgery: The Surgeon and the Lawyers”, November 7, 2003; KATA Trial Demonstration, “Learn How You Can Handle a Complex Case by Kentucky’s Best”, September 12, 2003; Seminar: Kentucky Medical Association, “Tort Reform”, November 13, 2002; Seminar for Lorman Education Services at the Brown Hotel, “Conducting an Effective Cross-Examination in Kentucky”, January 29, 2002; University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky “Avoiding Malpractice”, March, 2000; Fifth Romanian-American Pediatric Symposium, Brasov, Romania, “Medical Malpractice in the United States”, October, 1998; Seminar: Louisville Bar Association, Louisville, Kentucky, “Winning Strategies in the Trial of a High Damage Medical Malpractice Case”, December, 1994; Seminar: Fayette County Medical Association, Lexington, Kentucky, “Managing Risks: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You”, June, 1994; Defense Research Institute Medical Malpractice Seminar, Washington, D.C., “Ex Parte Conferences, An Update”, May, 1991; Defense Research Institute Medical Malpractice Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, “Ex Parte Conference and Ostensible Agency”, March, 1989; Seminar: Western Kentucky Nurse’s Association, Paducah, Kentucky, “Legal Effect of Medical Records”, September, 1987.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, Defense Research Institute and Kentucky Defense Counsel, Inc.
Honors and Awards
Recognized in Louisville Magazine’s Best Lawyer and Top Lawyer issues, 2006-2016 for medical malpractice-defense, personal injury, litigation, products liability and professional liability.
Top 10 Attorneys in Kentucky – Kentucky Super Lawyers 2008-2009 and 2012
Top 50 Attorneys in Kentucky – Kentucky Super Lawyers 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016
Super Lawyers award 2007 – 2016
Martindale-Hubbell: Rating AV; Kentucky Monthly: Kentucky’s Best Attorneys, May, 2003
Outstanding Lawyers of America, Best Lawyers in America