William T. Donnell 

William T. Donnell

Member

William T. Donnell is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried State and Federal Court cases. Mr. Donnell spends the majority of his time defending personal injury lawsuits for various trucking companies and insurers, primarily in the areas of trucking accidents, transportation litigation, professional negligence, and automobile liability. Mr. Donnell has tried numerous transportation cases to verdict and has extensive experience defending commercial transportation and trucking companies. Mr. Donnell has experience defending extra contractual “bad faith” claims involving automobile or transportation policies and insurers. He was recently selected as one of Kentucky’s Super Lawyers.

Additional Experience

Mr. Donnell has attended and presented numerous CLE’s on trucking accident, automobile liability and insurance. Included in Mr. Donnell’s experience:

  • Trucking Industry Defense
  • Insurance Industry Defense including “bad faith” or extra contractual
  • Professional Liability Litigation
  • Premises and Commercial Liability Defense

Education

  • University of Tennessee B.A. 1990 With high honors
  • University of Kentucky J.D. 1993 With distinction

Practice Areas

  • Litigation
  • Trucking and Commercial Transportation
  • Personal Injury and Tort Defense
  • Insurance Bad Faith Defense
  • Professional Negligence Litigation

Concentration

  • Trial Practice
  • Transportation /Trucking Litigation

Professional Affiliations

  • Defense Research Institute, Member
  • DRI Trucking Law Committee
  • ABA Transportation Committee

Bar Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Louisville Bar Association, Former Litigation Section Chairman
  • Tennessee Bar Association
Super Lawyers
Seriously Outstanding
only 5% selected each year