Bissell Roberts
Attorney at Bardenwerper, Talbott & Roberts, PLLC
1000 N. Hurstbourne Parkway, Suite 200
Louisville, Kentucky 40223
502-593-4560
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About
Bissell Roberts
Bissell Roberts joined Bardenwerper, Talbott and Roberts, PLLC law firm in April 2005. He previously practiced from 1971 to 2005 as a partner with one of Louisville’s largest firms. He specializes in land use law, zoning, eminent domain, and mediation. Bissell has over 45 years of experience as a trial lawyer, trying cases in state and federal courts across Kentucky. He has represented clients before the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the Kentucky Supreme Court, the Sixth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court.
Bissell Roberts has successfully represented a number of clients in precedent setting cases and administrative matters.
Bissell has represented developers, small businesses, Fortune 500 companies, automobile dealers, seminaries, fire departments, cemeteries, funeral homes, public utilities and local governments in land use matters. He was legal counsel for Jefferson County’s first cable television company, the Regional Airport Authority (in acquiring major commercial properties for the expansion of Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport) and clients in contract disputes, aviation litigation, business litigation, governmental litigation, employment law, personal injury, and professional malpractice cases. He recently successfully represented multiple property owners, including homeowners, business owners and a developer in condemnation cases involving the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the new downtown and east end Ohio River Bridges in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
In 2008, 2009 and 2011, Bissell was recognized by his legal peers and Louisville Magazine as one of Louisville’s “Top Lawyers.” He has an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2003 Bissell completed the “CIVIL MEDIATION TRAINING” course conducted by Kentucky’s Administrative Office of the Courts. He has over 45 years of experience in representing clients in mediation and arbitration. Bissell is now actively engaged as a private mediator.
Bissell is the Co-Founder of the Louisville Bar Association’s “Young Lawyers Section”, a former City Police Court Judge Pro-Tem and in 1998 was appointed Special Justice to the Kentucky Supreme Court. He authored the case of Commonwealth v. Stallard, 958 S.W.2d 21 (KY 1998). Bissell has written and lectured extensively. He is the author of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence (1996), and a contributing author to Kentucky Business Guide; Builder/Architect Magazine, and The National Business Institute.
Bissell is a frequent lecturer for the National Business Institute; making recent presentations on “Land Use Law and Planning”, “Eminent Domain in Kentucky”, “Current Issues of Subdivision and Zoning Law” (see available Firm Articles). In January 2003, Bissell organized and helped present a seminar on “Zoning and Land Use” for the newly elected Louisville Metro Council members and their staff. He presented topics on dealing with the Planning Commission, suggested procedures for Metro Council members in zoning cases and the rules for quorum and voting in zoning cases.
Bissell is Chairman of the Board and member of the Henry Clay High School “HALL OF FAME,” and the UK and U VA Alumni Associations. He is a graduate of the 2000 class of “Leadership Oldham County”. In 1971 he founded of the Commonwealth Athletic Club and was its President through 2005. That Club presents the Adolph Rupp Trophy to the “National Player of the Year” in men’s college basketball.