Mr. O’Connor has been a member of the Florida Bar for 31 years and a member of the District of Columbia Bar for 26 years.  He has served as lead counsel in over 200 jury trials throughout the State of Florida in both state and federal courts.  He has litigated in federal court in Michigan, state court in New Hampshire, Ohio and Georgia and has recently concluded a jury trial in Dayton, Ohio.  He has also represented clients in arbitration proceedings (primarily construction defects) and in administrative hearings conducted by the Florida Board of Medicine, Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Florida Board of Podiatry, and the Florida Board of Nursing.  His clients have successfully prevailed in over 90% of the cases that went to jury verdict, final arbitration or dispositive administrative hearing.

Although the majority of his trials have involved professional liability, i.e. claims for medical malpractice representing hospitals, nurses and individual physicians, O’Connor has also tried many other catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases involving product liability, auto and premises (security) liability cases.  He has been consistently ranked as one of the top trial lawyers in South Florida by the South Florida Legal Guide.

Professionally, Mr. O’Connor began his career at Magill, Sevier and Reid, P.A. in 1976.  By 1981 he became a partner in the firm of Lanza, Sevier, Womack and O’Connor, P.A.  That firm was the genesis of each successive firm in which Mr. O’Connor served as President and Managing Partner.  In 2002 he left O’Connor, Chimpoulos, Restani, McAllister and Marrero, P.A., a firm of 17 attorneys, and opened his current practice.

Throughout his career, Mr. O’Connor has remained intricately involved in serving the community in the fields of government service, education and Bar activities.  In addition to serving as Mayor of Miami Shores, he has served on various public service and charitable boards and committees.  He is a graduate of Leadership Florida Class VIII.  He recently concluded his term as a Commissioner appointed by Governor Bush on the prestigious Judicial Nominating Commission for the Third District Court of Appeal.

A lifelong interest in education has led him to serve on the Archdiocese of Miami Education Foundation and he is presently Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Edwards University located in Austin, Texas, which has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the top 25 master’s granting institutions in the Western Region of the United States.

His service to the Bar has included membership on The Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism, and as chairman of The Florida Bar Grievance Committee for the 11th Judicial Circuit.  He has lectured extensively throughout his career at a wide variety of legal and medical seminars.
                       
                       

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