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, 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