Attorney Profile: Connor Breen

CONNOR M. Breen

Associate

Louisville trial attorney, Connor M. Breen, is a sixth generation Louisvillian.  Mr. Breen received his J.D. from Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. There, he served as Community Service Chair for the Student Bar Association, Director of the Business Law Society, Student Chair of the International Committee, and earned an academic scholarship to study law in Rome, Italy. 

Prior to law school, Mr. Breen spent more than three years as the co-founder of a successful marketing technology company, Catapult Interactive, whose team members worked with Warner Brothers, American Idol, 007 | Skyfall, NASA, and the NFL. During that time he also helped raise money for the South Florida nonprofit, Deliver the Dream. Before founding his startup, Mr. Breen was the Director of Marketing for Cross Keys Capital; a boutique investment bank, which sells lower middle market companies valued between $10 and $200 million.

Mr. Breen earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and received ACC Academic Honor Roll honors while playing football for the Demon Deacons. A 2002 graduate of Saint Xavier High School, he is a founding member of its Emerging Leaders Society.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Plaintiff Personal Injury Law, fighting for those who have been injured by the negligence, gross negligence, reckless, or wanton conduct of others, including corporations, nursing homes, and trucking companies.
  • Mr. Breen serves victims injured by a car collision, tractor-trailer crash, motorcycle wreck, dog attack, slip and fall, on-the-job, and other serious personal injury cases such as wrongful death.  Mr. Breen also helps those who have been wronged by insurance companies.
• Trust, Estate, and Fiduciary Litigation

ADMISSIONS

• Kentucky 
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

MEMBERSHIPS

• Kentucky Bar Association
• Louisville Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• Kentucky Justice Association

EDUCATION

• J.D. University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law 
  • Temple University School of Law, Rome, Italy
• B.A. Wake Forest University
  • University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP  

• 502Circle, NIL Collective, Business Council
• Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, RISE Program, Community Partner
• Kentucky Justice Association, CLE Seminar on Insurance Coverages, Speaker
• “What Were You Wearing?” Survivor Art Installation, Partner/Organizer/Coordinator            
  • Sexual Assault Prevention and Education, in partnership with:
    • UofL Brandeis School of Law:
      • The Diversity Committee,
      • Women's Law Caucus, and
      • Brandeis Human Rights Advocacy Program (HRAP)
• LBA, Bar Briefs, "Lunch with Legends: Judge Ann O'Malley Shake" Author/Contributor
• Saint Xavier High School, Emerging Leaders Society, Founding Member
• University of Louisville Law School, SBA, Community Service Chair/Coordinator/Volunteer
  • Service Projects:
    • Masonic Homes,
    • Operation Brightside,
    • St. Vincent De Paul,
    • Habitat for Humanity,
    • Catholic Charities,
    • Ronald McDonald House Charities, and
    • Dare to Care Food Bank
• Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Volunteer
• Deliver the Dream, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Volunteer
• South Florida Business Forum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Board Member
• Cross Keys Capital's: CEO Breakfast Series, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Creator/Coordinator
• Boy Scouts of America, Winston-Salem, NC, Volunteer
• Samaritan Ministries, Winston-Salem, NC, Volunteer
• Wake Forest University Football Team, Winston-Salem, NC, Safety

honors & recognitions

• Selected as a Rising Star by Kentucky Super Lawyers: 2019-2023
• Kentucky Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Award: 2018-2023 
• Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, RISE Program, RISE “Change Agent” Award: 2021 

*Super Lawyers is a non-partisan annual ranking of attorneys based on a patented Selection Process and the top 2.5% of young attorneys are named Rising Stars.