Michael F. O'Connor
Michael F. O'Connor
Practice Areas:
- Premises Liability
- Personal Injury Claims
- Municipal Liability
- Products Liability
Education
- Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut
- 1990
- Villanova University
- B.S.
- Honors: Member, Phi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor
- Major: Political Science
- Minor: English
- Minor: Religion
Bar Admission
- Connecticut, 1990
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2004
Published Works
- The Basic Principles of Civil Trial Practice and Procedures in Connecticut, (Co-Author), 1998
- Personal Injury Settlements in Connecticut, (Co-Author), 1999
- Personal Injury Settlements in Connecticut, (Co-Author), 2001
- The Automobile Injury Case for Paralegals in Connecticut, (Co-Author), 1999
- Essential Litigation Skills for Paralegals, 2000
Representative Cases
- Elliott v. Waterbury, 245 Conn. 385, 1998
- Wenc v. New London, 235 Conn. 408, 1995
- Placa v. Ahern, 42 Conn. App. 902, 1996
- Pimental v. Cherne Industries, 46 Conn. App. 142, 1997
- McCann v. New Haven, 33 Conn. App. 56, 1993
- Demchak v. Connecticut, 83 Conn. App. 86, 2004
- Bunch v. Danbury, 94 Fed. Appt. 10, 2004
- Schwartz v. Stevenson, 31 Conn. App. 581, 1995
- Passion v. Nationwide, 219 Conn. 764, 1991
- Herasimovich V. Wallingford, 128 Conn.App.413, 2011
- Giacalone V. Housing Authority of Wallingford, 122 Conn.App.120, 2010
- Merritt V. Town Of Bethel, 120 Conn.App 806, 2010
- Comprehensive Orthopedic V. Axtmayer, 293 Conn.748, 2009
- Metzermacher V. Town Of Waterford, 301 Fed.Appx.22, 2008
- Phaneuf V. Fraiken, 448 F.3d 591, 2006
- Yankee Realty Corp.V. North Haven lanes, 33 Conn.App 56, 1993
Classes & Seminars
- Speaker, Arbitrator/Mediator, Resolute Systems, Inc.
Past Positions
- The Hon. Stuart M. Schimelman, Clerk, 1989
- Cella, McKeon & Williams, P.C., Associate, 1990 to 1996
- Cella, McKeon & Williams, P.C., Partner, 1997 to 2002
Fraternities or Sororities
- Delta Tau Delta
- Pi Sigma Alpha
Professional Associations
- American Association for Justice
- Connecticut Bar Association
- New Haven Bar Association
- New Haven Superior Courts, Arbitrator/Mediator
- Meriden Superior Courts, Arbitrator/Mediator
- Resolute Systems, Inc., Arbitrator/Mediator