Gerald B. O'Connor

Background

O'Connor, Gerald B. was born on August 16, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.

Education

University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). Seton Hall University (Juris Doctor, 1968).

Career

Worked at The Law Offices of Gerald B. O'Connor, P.C. (Chatham, New Jersey) specializing in Personal Injury Negligence, Malpractice, Workers Compensation, Social Security Disability, Products Liability, Labor, Matrimonial and Environmental Law, Commercial Litigation, Trial and Appeals and Legal Malpractice. Admitted to the bar, 1968, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.

1985, New York.

Instructor: Rutgers University Law School, 1976-1985. Seton Hall University School of Law, 1980-1985. Member: New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Charges, 1980-1982.

New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Case Management and Procedure, 1984-1985. Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1984-1985. Listed as Civil Trial Specialist in Best Lawyers in America, 1991-1993, 1991-1995.

Recipient, 1994 Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Trial Bar Award. Member: Morris County, New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (President, Vice President and Treasurer, 1979-1982).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Trustee, 1979. 1990-1992); American Society of Law and Medicine. American Board of Trial Advocates (Charter Member, New Jersey Chapter, 1984).

Master, Essex County, American Inn of Court. International Society of Barristers. Fellow: American College of Trial Advocates, 1988.

American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).

Gerald B. O'Connor has been specializing in personal injury litigation on behalf of plaintiffs since 1972. Formerly with the firm of Goldberger, Mendall, Seligsohn & O'Connor, Gerald B. O'Connor and Peter E. Rhatican founded the firm in 1984. Gerald B. O'Connor and Peter E. Rhatican have been specializing since in complex plaintiff's personal injury litigation with Vivian Demas who joined the firm in 1988.

She became a partner effective January 1, 1994.

Achievements

• Gerald B. O"Connor has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Charges, 1980-1982. New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Case Management and Procedure, 1984-1985. Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1984-1985.

Listed as Civil Trial Specialist in Best Lawyers in America, 1991-1993, 1991-1995. Recipient, 1994 Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Trial Bar Award. Member: Morris County, New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations.

Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (President, Vice President and Treasurer, 1979-1982). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Trustee, 1979. 1990-1992); American Society of Law and Medicine.

American Board of Trial Advocates (Charter Member, New Jersey Chapter, 1984). Master, Essex County, American Inn of Court. International Society of Barristers.

Fellow: American College of Trial Advocates, 1988. American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation.

(Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).