Charlotte B. Kessinger

Charlotte B. Kessinger is an associate with Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, PLC in Louisville. Her listed areas of concentration are Medical Negligence, Professional Liability, Municipal Litigation, and Premises Liability. These practice areas place her work within civil defense and litigation involving healthcare-related claims, professional services, local government matters, and property-based disputes. Her profile identifies her as a current Louisville attorney and member of the firm’s litigation team.

Charlotte obtained her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 2025. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Spanish from the University of Miami in 2022 and completed a minor in Psychology. Her law-school record includes CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Bankruptcy Law, Real Estate Transactions, and Lawyering Skills I.

Charlotte served as Vice President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society while attending Brandeis. She completed an externship with the Kentucky Innocence Project and was a published member of the University of Louisville Law Review. Those experiences added research, writing, and practical legal work to her academic training before she entered private practice. Her current concentration spans several litigation areas, including medical negligence and professional liability matters.

Charlotte B. Kessinger is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association and Louisville Bar Association. Her work in medical negligence and professional liability connects legal practice with healthcare-related disputes. Her additional municipal and premises liability work broadens her civil litigation experience. She brings recent academic distinction, law-review experience, and externship work to a developing civil litigation practice.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, PLC
• Member, Kentucky Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Louisville Bar Association
• Member, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
• Member, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• Member, Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court

Licensed State

• Kentucky

Education

• University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Miami
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Studies and Spanish

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