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Christopher J. O'Brien

Christopher J. O'Brien

Christopher J. O'Brien

Managing Partner
Location:
Buffalo, New York
Phone:
716-222-2222
888-403-1932 (Toll Free)
Fax:
716-839-9959

Chris O'Brien

Mr. O'Brien has handled a wide variety of personal injury cases, securing multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for people throughout Western New York. He has represented accident victims hurt in car crashes, children who have been sexually assaulted and the estates of people who were killed by drunk drivers. Mr. O'Brien resides in Amherst, NY.

Landmark Cases

  • $2,000,000 settlement for a young man who was severely injured by a drunk driver
  • $4,240,000 for a man who suffered three herniated discs and four broken ribs in a car crash

Areas of Practice

  • Personal Injury

Education

  • Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
  • College of the Holy Cross

Classes/Seminars

  • Adjunct Professor of Law, University at Buffalo School of Law
  • Presenter, American Association for Justice at its Mid-Winter Convention
  • Lecturer, Ultimate Trial College for the American Association for Justice (AAJ) at Harvard Law School
  • Lecturer, Basic Skills Trial College for AAJ in both Birmingham, Alabama, 2006
  • Lecturer, Basic Skills Trial College for AAJ in Reno
  • Lecturer, Basic Skills Trial College for AAJ in Nevada
  • Lecturer, Deposition College in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Lecturer, Deposition College in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Lecturer, Case Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Lecturer, Trial College, Reno, Nevada, 2004
  • Lecturer, Trial College Birmingham, Alabama
  • Lecturer, Ultimate Trial Advocacy College, Harvard University, 2003 - 2006
  • Lecturer, Depositions College, Cleveland, Ohio, 2006
  • Lecturer, Depositions College, Long Beach, California, 2007

Honors and Awards

  • Became the Second Lawyer in New York State to Achieve the Status of Diplomate in the National College of Advocacy, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Association for Justice
  • Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  • Western Region Affiliate of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Past President
  • Bar Association of Erie County
  • UB Council, Member
  • Canisius High School Alumni, Board of Directors
  • Food Shuttle of Western New York, Inc.

Pro Bono Activities

  • St. Christopher’s Roman Catholic Church (Parish Council)
  • David’s Dinner for Famine Relief
  • Buffalo Na Fianna Gaelic Football Club