Robert Michael CONNOLLY

Background

Connolly, Robert Michael was born on August 3, 1955 in Honolulu. Son of Thomas Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Donegan) Connolly.

Education

Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1977). Washington and Lee University (Juris Doctor, 1980). Burks Scholar, Teaching Fellow in Law, 1979-1980.

Editor, Kentucky Litigation Quarterly, since 1985.

Career

Associate Stites & Harbison, Louisville, 1980-1986, partner, since 1987.

Achievements

• Bar: Kentucky 1980, United States District Court (western district) Kentucky 1981, United States District Court (eastern district) Kentucky 1982, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1982.

Works

• Other Work

  • Editor Kentucky Litigation Quarterly, 1985-1990.

Membership

Deacon Highland Baptist Church, Louisville, 1985. Chairman board directors Young Life Kentuckiana, Louisville, 1986. Member American Bar Association (committee on products liability), Kentucky Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Kentucky Defense Counsel (board directors since 1992), Dartmouth Kentucky Club (vice president Louisville 1984-1988).

Interests

• Handball.

Connections

Married Theresa Thomas, May 27, 1978. Children: Katrina Donegan, Kristen Rebecca, Kelley Kessel, Megan Elisabeth.

Father:

Thomas Joseph Connolly

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Donegan) Connolly

Spouse:

Theresa Thomas

child:

Katrina Donegan Connolly

child:

Kristen Rebecca Connolly

child:

Kelley Kessel Connolly

child:

Megan Elisabeth Connolly