Background
Cooney, Patricia J. was born on January 20, 1953 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States.
Cooney, Patricia J. was born on January 20, 1953 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States.
Fordham University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1973). Seton Hall University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976). Director, Appellate Moot Court Board, 1975-1976.
Recipient, Outstanding Graduate Award.
Chief Law Clerk to the Honorable Laurence A. Whipple, Chief Judge, United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Worked at The Law Offices of Gerald B. O"Connor, Professional Corporation (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, 1976, New Jersey, United States. District Court, District of New Jersey and United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Director, Appellate Moot Court Board, 1975-1976. Recipient, Outstanding Graduate Award.
Chief Law Clerk to the Honorable Lawrence A. Whipple, Chief Judge, United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Seton Hall Law Center, Adjunct Faculty, 1978-1979.
Member, Coordinating Council, New Jersey Inns of Court, 1985-1988. Member, District X Ethics Committee, 1985-1988. Member: Morris County and New Jersey State Bar Associations.
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (Trustee, 1981-1982.
Treasurer, 1983-1984. Vice-President, 1984-1988.
President-Elect, 1987. President, 1988). (Certified Civil Trial Attorney and Member, 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 East. Rhatican founded the firm in 1984. Gerald B. O"Connor and Peter East. 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.
Member, Coordinating Council, New Jersey Inns of Court, 1985-1988. Member, District X Ethics Committee, 1985-1988. Member: Morris County and New Jersey State Bar Associations.
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (Trustee, 1981-1982.
Treasurer, 1983-1984. Vice-President, 1984-1988.
President-Elect, 1987. President, 1988). (Certified Civil Trial Attorney and Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).