BRIAN A. O’CONNELL

BRIAN A. O’CONNELL is a 1984 graduate of Boston College (magna cum laude), and a 1987 graduate of Boston College Law School (cum laude), where he was a member of the Regional Champion National Moot Court Team. Brian was admitted in 1987 to practice in state and federal courts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island as well as the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States Supreme Court.

Brian represents parties in all areas of civil litigation, with a concentration in construction, commercial litigation, premises liability, toxic tort and products liability as well as insurers and insureds in insurance coverage and “bad faith” litigation.

He has written and lectured on bad faith litigation for the Massachusetts Bar Association and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.

Brian is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (Faculty member for the 51st Annual Trial Academy (2025), Co-Vice Chair of the Construction Law and Litigation Committee, and former Vice Chair the Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee), DRI, the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association. Brian served as an officer and director of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association from 2007 to 2011.