Connor M. Breen is a sixth-generation Louisvillian and dedicated trial attorney. Mr. Breen received his J.D. from the 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. Before co-founding his startup, Mr. Breen was the Director of Business Development for Cross Keys Capital, a boutique investment bank which sells lower middle market companies valued between $20 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.
Mr. Breen has coordinated volunteer service projects with the University of Louisville’s law school for Masonic Homes, Operation Brightside, St. Vincent De Paul, Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Charities, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Dare to Care Food Bank, Olmsted Parks Conservancy, received the RISE “Change Agent” Award from Goodwill Industries of Kentucky 2021, coordinated volunteer awareness projects with the University of Louisville’s law school, Diversity Committee, Women’s Law Caucus, and Brandeis Human Rights Advocacy Program (HRAP) on Sexual Assault Prevention and Education, is a founding member of Saint Xavier High School’s Emerging Leaders Society, helped raise money for the South Florida nonprofit Deliver the Dream, as well as volunteered for Boy Scouts of America and Samaritan Ministries.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Insurance Disputes
- Appellate Advocacy
- Trust, Estate, and Fiduciary Litigation
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
Honors & Recognitions
- Selected as a Rising Star by Kentucky Super Lawyers: 2019-2025
- Kentucky Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Award: 2018-2024
- Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, RISE Program, RISE “Change Agent” Award: 2021
Admissions
- Supreme Court of 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
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
- 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
- Saint Vincent De Paul
- Habitat for Humanity
- Catholic Charities
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- 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