Joseph Edward O'Connor
Managing Partner at O'Connor & Partners, PLLC
Joseph has been practicing law for over twenty years and is currently the managing partner of the firm. He is a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley and relies on his connections to the community to best serve his clients. Joseph graduated from Brown University in 1993 and played both division one football and golf for the Brown Bears. He graduated from St. John’s University School of Law in 1996. Joseph dedicates a majority of his time to representing seriously and catastrophically injured individuals harmed by construction, motor vehicle, motorcycle, and bicycle accidents, as well as those harmed by defective products.
Joseph is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of New York. He has been admitted pro hac vice in New Jersey, Utah, and Texas.
Joseph is on the Board of Directors for the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. He regularly presents Continuing Legal Education lectures, statewide and nationally. Joseph is a member of the American Association for Justice, the New York State Judicial Screening Committee, the American Bar Association, the Ulster County Bar Association, and the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joseph has continuously been named as one of the top 25 lawyers of the Hudson Valley and Upstate New York by Super Lawyers for 2015 through 2022. He carries a Martindale-Hubbell A.V. Preeminent rating, as well as a perfect 10 rating with AVVO. Many of his cases have been featured on television, including the Today Show and Anderson 360. The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the New York Journal have all featured cases he litigated.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- New York
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- O'Connor & Partners, PLLC
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- Partner
- Mainetti, Mainetti & O'Connor, P.C.
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- Legal Clerk
- NFL Management Councli
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- St. John's University School of Law
- J.D. (1997)
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- Brown University
- B.A.
- Honors: Dean's List
- Activities: Football and Golf
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- Upstate New York Super Lawyer's List 2014
- Thomson Reuters
- Top Attorneys in Upstate New York
- Hudson Valley Magazine
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
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- United States District Court Northern District of New York
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- Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
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- United States District Court Southern District of New York
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- New York State Judicial Screening Committes
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- United States District Court Eastern District of New York
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- Ulster County Bar Association
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- Ulster County Defense Bar
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- Ulster County Criminal Defense Bar Association
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- New York State Bar # 2878320
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- American Bar Association
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- American Association of Justice
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- New York State Trial Lawyers
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- Truckers Using Illegal Substances to Combat Sleep Deprivation
- The Lawyer's Logbook (Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America)
- Verdict Search
- Verdict Search
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