Tracy S. Prewitt >> Partner


Educational Background
University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky. Awarded degree of Juris Doctor with High Honors, 1990. Activities: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Family Law, Vol. 29, 1989-1990. Honors: Brandeis Honor Society; Dean’s List.

University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Awarded degree of Bachelor of Science (Political Science) with Highest Honors, 1986.

Professional Background
Attorney at law - O’Bryan, Brown & Toner, Louisville, Kentucky, April 1999 - current. Insurance defense litigation including cases involving matters of professional negligence, and tort claims, product liability, general personal injury and insurance coverage.

Assistant General Counsel - Paradigm Insurance Company, Louisville, Kentucky, November 1997 - March 1999. Addressed corporate legal issues for 34 state surplus lines carrier and managed outside defense and coverage counsel for litigated claims.

Attorney at law - Ogden, Newell, & Welch, Louisville, Kentucky, August, 1990 - November, 1997 - Insurance defense litigation including cases involving matters of professional negligence, tort claims, product liability and general personal injury, commercial litigation including matters involving utility law and health law, and issues concerning insurance coverage.

Court Admissions
The Supreme Court of Kentucky
The Supreme Court of Indiana
United States District Courts for the Western District of Kentucky
United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Northern District of Indiana
Southern District of Indiana
United States Board of Claims

Publications

Tracy S. Prewitt, JD and John T. Ballantine, JD (2002).  “Deposition – Pre-trial – trial.”  In Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA and Clayton L. Robinson, JD (Eds.), The Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Professionals (pp. 237-246).  New York: The Parthenon Publishing Group Inc.; “Adverse Peer Review – Damage Control in the Malpractice Setting”  (with Beth H. McMasters), For the Defense, (Feb. 2000); “Justice Stephens - Jurisprudence Measured by Dissent” (with Gerald R. Toner), Bench & Bar, Vol. 63, Number 4 (July, 1999); “Bowen v Kendrick & - The Constitutionality of the Adolescent Family Life Act - Has Court Given us a Lemon?”; 28 Journal of Family Law 87 (1989).

Presentations
Discovery of Confidential Records in Kentucky, Medical Records and Peer Review Material & October 4, 2000; Kentucky Advance Litigation Skills for Paralegals, Preparing for and Assisting at Trial, & October 13, 2000.

Professional Memberships
Litigation Counsel of America (2007)

Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association (Director, 2000-2001), and Indiana Bar Association; KBA Committee on Professionalism; KBA House of Delegates (3 terms); Defense Resource Institute; Jefferson County Medical/Legal Committee; Sales Management & Marketing Association (President, 1998).