Gerald O'Connor - Lawyer

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Gerald B. O'Connor

O'Connor, Parsons & Lane
383 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928

Phone: (973) 635-2210
Fax (973) 635-2622

Gerald B. O'Connor has been specializing in the area of personal injury litigation - with a specific and significant emphasis in the representation of plaintiffs in medical malpractice claims - since 1972. Mr. O'Connor has also gained a reputation as a skilled litigator in other areas of personal injury litigation, including products liability claims and airplane crash litigation.

Mr. O'Connor was a partner with the firm of Balk, Goldberger, Mandell, Seligsohn & O'Connor, in Newark, New Jersey, until 1986, when he opened offices in Chatham, New Jersey, under the name of O'Connor & Rhatican, P.C. The firm continued to practice plaintiffs' personal injury litigation with a continuing specialization in plaintiffs' medical negligence actions.

Areas of Practice:

Personal Injury Litigation
Products Liability Claims
Airplane Crash Litigation

Litigation Percentage: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties: Civil Trial Law, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification, 1989

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 1968
New York, 1985
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1968
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1985

Education:

Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1968 - J.D.
Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974 - National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1964 - B.A.

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Trial Litigation, Rutgers University School of Law, 1976 - 1985
Trial Litigation, Seton Hall University School of Law, 1980 - 1985

Honors and Awards:

Best Lawyers of America, Civil Trial Specialist, 1983 - 2007
1994 Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Trial Bar Awards
International Society of Barristers Inductee
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
New Jersey Monthly Magazine Superlawyer, Top 100, Since Inception

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Association for Justice
Trustee
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey
Past Member, Board of Trustees
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey
Past Officer and President
Essex County American Inns of Court
Past Master
American Board of Trial Advocates, New Jersey Chapter
Charter Member
New Jersey Supreme Court
Past Member, Model Jury Charges Committee
New Jersey Supreme Court
Past Member, Civil Case Management Committee
New Jersey Supreme Court
Past Member, Civil Case Management and Procedure Committee
New Jersey Supreme Court
Past Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
American College of Barristers, Inductee, Senior Counsel, 2001
American Association for Justice, 2001
Stalwart
Fellow, American Bar Association

Past Employment Positions: Balk, Goldberger, Mandell, Seligsohn & O'Connor, Partner

O'Connor, Parsons & Lane

Westfield
435 East Broad Street
Westfield, NJ 07090
Phone: 908-928-9200
Fax: 908-928-9232

Chatham
383 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928
Phone: 973-635-2210
Toll-free: 1-800-586-5817

O'Connor, Parsons, and Lane, L.L.C. is a New Jersey based civil litigation firm. We are trial lawyers who specialize in all aspects of insurance coverage and personal injury law. Our practice includes premises liability, defense of claims against public entities, medical malpractice, automobile negligence, products liability, property damage, defamation, real estate malpractice and insurance broker malpractice claims.

With legal capabilities that come from many years of experience, a big law firm background, a knowledge of medicine and the medical profession, and a genuine concern for injured people, our personal injury lawyers have helped thousands of clients. Two of the partners, Scott A. Parsons and William R. Lane are Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Civil Trial Attorneys.

For more than 40 years, attorney Gerald O'Connor has built a solid reputation as a medical malpractice and personal injury lawyer. Each of our attorneys, Gerald O'Connor, Scott Parsons, Paul O'Connor III, William Lane, Gregory Noble and Patricia Cooney, give personal attention to every case our law firm takes. Our law firm has a calm, family-oriented atmosphere where clients can expect quick responses to their phone calls. At O'Connor, Parsons & Lane L.L.C., we listen and we respond, providing answers to all of your questions in your time of need.

The New Jersey Law Journal recognized members of O'Connor, Parsons & Lane L.L.C. for having 3 verdicts/settlements in the top 25 for 2007 (the $28 million wrongful birth verdict, the $4.5 million settlement for brain damaged baby, and the $3.9 million verdict against a cardiologist who negligently referred our client to triple bypass heart surgery.

At the O'Connor, Parsons & Lane L.L.C. law firm in Westfield and Chatham, New Jersey, you can count on responsive attorneys who provide the attention and experience your case needs. The sooner we talk to you, the sooner we can take action on your behalf.

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