Terence P. O'Connor

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Terence P. O'Connor: Attorney with O'Connor, O'Connor, Bresee & First, P.C.
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Terry is a trial lawyer who has received the highest rating from Martindale Hubbell (AV-Very High to Preeminent). For the past 5 years he has been voted by his peers as being in the "Top 10" lawyers in upstate New York and in the "Top 50" lawyers in upstate New York and the Hudson Valley Region. He recently received the President's Award from the Albany County Bar Association. Terry's areas of practice include all aspects of civil litigation - medical malpractice, claims under New York State Labor Law, wrongful death, automobile and trucking claims, product liability and premises liability. In 2012, he was recognized by Best Lawyers as the Best Product Liability Lawyer in Albany. In 2013, Best Lawyers recognized him as the Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer in Albany.



(Federal Court mediator/arbitrator.)

Areas of Practice (20)

  • Professional Liability (Medical, Legal, Dental, Architectural, Chiropractic)
  • Products Liability
  • General Liability
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice Defense
  • Dental Malpractice Defense
  • Litigation
  • Civil Practice
  • Class Actions
  • Hospital Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance Defense
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Negligence
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Torts
  • Toxic Torts

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
St. Lawrence University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1980; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Law School Attended:
University of Notre Dame, J.D., 1983
Year of First Admission:
1984
Admission:
1984, New York; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2013, Vermont
Memberships:
Albany County, New York State and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute.
Birth Information:
Albany, New York, August 12, 1958
Reported Cases:
2011 02/2011 - Orange Supreme/Hon. Joseph G. Owen/dental malpractice defense verdict/oral surgery. 06/2011 - Saratoga Supreme/Hon. Thomas D. Nolan/medical malpractice defense verdict/emergency room medicine case. 09/2011 - Hon. Patrick NeMoyer/medical malpractice defense verdict/eye surgery case. 2010 06/2010 - Schenectady Supreme/Hon. Vincent J. Reilly, Jr./medical malpractice defense verdict/oral surgery. 09/2010 - Saratoga Supreme/Hon. Thomas D. Nolan/medical malpractice defense verdict/wrongful death/emergency room medicine case. 2009 11/2009 -Onondaga Supreme/Deborah H. Karalunas/medical malpractice defense verdict/gynecologic surgery case. 2008 04/2008 - Albany Supreme/Hon. Thomas J. McNamara/medical malpractice defense verdict/emergency room medicine case/neurologic/stroke. 2007 10/2007 - Schenectady Supreme/Hon. Richard C. Giardino/medical malpractice defense verdict/laparoscopic surgery.2006 12/4/06 - Rensselaer Supreme/Hon. Joseph F. Teresi - represented defendants - defense verdict - neurosurgical surgical. 10/10/06 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge Richard Giardano - represented defendant - defense verdict - surgical/medical malpractice. 6/19/06 - Albany Supreme/Judge William E. McCarthy - represented defendant - awarded by jury for past pain and suffering - oral surgery/dental malpractice. 3/6/06 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge Barry D. Kramer - represented defendant defense verdict - oral surgery/dental malpractice. 2/7/06 - Delaware Supreme/Hon. Michael Coccoma - represented defendant - defense verdict - surgical/medical malpractice. 2005 7/18/05 - Fulton Supreme/Judge Joseph M. Sise - represented defendant - settled prior to verdict - failure to diagnose/medical malpractice. 4/25/05 - Dutchess Supreme/Judge Thomas J. Dolan - represented defendant - defense verdict - dental malpractice. 4/11/05 - Greene County/Judge George J. Pulver - represented defendant - settled prior to verdict. 2004 11/29/04 - Dutchess Supreme/Judge James D. Pagones - represented defendant - discontinued after jury selection - dental malpractice. 10/25/04 - Sullivan Supreme/Judge Nicholas A. Clemente - represented defendant - settled during jury selection - dental malpractice. 2/9/04 -Montgomery Supreme/Judge Robert P. Best - case settled prior to verdict - medical malpractice. 2003 10/20/03 - Albany Supreme/Judge Bernard J. Malone - dismissed after plaintiff's proof - medical malpractice. 8/25/03 - Warren Supreme/Judge Richard T. Aulisi - represented defendant - defense verdict - dental malpractice. 7/28/03 - Fulton Supreme/Judge Felix J. Catena - represented defendant - defense verdict - dental malpractice. 1/21/03 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge Vincent J. Reilly - represented defendant - defense verdict - failure to diagnose/medical malpractice. 2002 12/2/02 - Ulster Supreme/Judge Thomas Spargo - represented defendant - settled after several weeks of trial - birth trauma/medical malpractice. 10/15/02 - Broome Supreme/Judge Walter J. Relihan - represented defendant - plaintiff discontinued after close of plaintiff's proof - failure to diagnose/medical malpractice. 3/4/02 - Fulton Supreme/Judge Robert P. Best - represented defendant - case discontinued prior to verdict - medical malpractice. 1/31/02 - Rensselaer Supreme/Judge James B. Canfield - represented defendant - medical malpractice. 2001 7/27/01 - Columbia Supreme/Judge John Fromer - represented defendant - defense verdict - falldown. 6/15/01 - Montgomery Supreme/Judge Sise - represented defendant - settled before verdict - medical malpractice. 2/26/01 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge Lynch - represented defendant - settled during trial - medical malpractice. 1/24/01 - Saratoga Supreme/Judge Williams - represented defendant- discontinued as against client before going to the jury - medical malpractice . 2000 9/26/00 - Fulton Supreme/Judge Sise - represented defendant - defense verdict - falldown. 9/11/00 - Dutchess Supreme/Judge Hillery - represented defendant - defense verdict - dental malpractice . 6/19/00 - Montgomery Supreme/Judge Brown - represented defendant - medical malpractice. 6/13/00 - Greene Supreme - represented defendant - case settled prior to verdict - medical malpractice. 3/6/00 - Orange Supreme/Judge Berry - represented defendant - case settled prior to trial - medical malpractice. 1/12/00 - Albany Supreme - Bench trial. 1999 10/12/99 -Albany Supreme/Judge Malone - represented defendant - settled prior to verdict - medical malpractice. 9/21/99 - Orange Supreme - represented defendant - case settled prior to verdict. 7/26/99 - Rensselaer Supreme/Judge McNamara - represented defendant - medical malpractice - defense verdict. 3/22/99 - Albany Supreme/Judge Teresi - represented defendant - defense verdict - medical malpractice. 2/1/99 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge Kramer 1998 10/19/98 - Albany Supreme/Judge Keegan - represented defendant - case dismissed. 9/14/98 - Saratoga Supreme/Judge Williams - represented defendant - case dismissed - medical malpractice. 6/22/98 - Rensselaer Supreme - represented defendant - defense verdict - medical malpractice. 4/20/98 - Albany Supreme/Judge Grafeo - represented defendant - medical malpractice. 3/9/98 -Judge Joseph Teresi/Albany Supreme - represented defendant - settled prior to trial - medical malpractice. 2/23/98 - Judge Ferradino/Fulton Supreme - represented defendant. 1/7/98 - Orange Supreme/Judge Peter Patsalos - represented defendant - defense verdict. 1997 9/4/97 - Warren Supreme/John G. Dier - represented defendant - failure to diagnose - defendant verdict - medical malpractice. 1996 9/23/96 - Albany Supreme/Judge Keegan - represented defendant - medical malpractice/wrongful death - defense verdict. 6/11/96 - Rensselaer Supreme/Judge Teresi - falldown - defense verdict. 3/4/96 - Saratoga Supreme/Judge William Keniry - represented defendant - case settled prior to verdict. 1/8/96 - Saratoga Supreme/Judge Frank B. Williams - represented defendant - defense verdict - medical malpractice/wrongful death. 1995 11/13/95 - Columbia Supreme - represented defendant - case settled prior to verdict. 11/6/95 - Rensselaer Supreme - represented defendant - case settled prior to verdict. 10/10/95 - Rensselaer Supreme/Judge James B. Canfield - represented defendant - defense verdict - auto accident. 7/18/95 - Clinton Supreme/Judge Dawson - represented defendant - defense verdict. 4/10/95 - Columbia Supreme/Judge Connor 2/13/95 - USDC NDNY/Magistrate Ralph W. Smith, Jr. - represented defendant - defense verdict - auto accident/wrongful death. 1994 9/21/94 - Orange Supreme/Judge Owen represented defendant - defense verdict. 1993 7/6/93 - Saratoga Supreme/Judge Dominick J. Viscardi - represented defendant - defense verdict - - medical malpractice. 1/28/93 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge John J. Mycek - represented defendant - defense verdict - medical malpractice. 1992 12/18/92 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge Robert F. Doran - represented defendant - defense verdict - medical malpractice. 5/18/92 - Columbia Supreme/Hon. John G. Connor - represented defendant - case settled prior to verdict medical malpractice. 4/27/92 - Albany Supreme - case settled prior to verdict. 1991 12/9/91 - Albany Supreme/Hon. Harold J. Hughes - snowmobile accident - represented defendant - defense verdict. 6/20/91 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge John M. Mycek - represented defendant - defense verdict. 2/11/91 - Schenectady Supreme - Trial 1990 11/7/90 - Schenectady Supreme/Judge Robert E. Lynch - represented defendant - defense verdict. 10/2/90 - represented defendant - verdict was less than 50 percent of the offer - automobile accident. 9/17/90 - Greene Supreme - represented defendant - defense verdict - automobile accident. 6/11/90 - Albany Supreme/Judge Joseph Harris- represented defendant - defense verdict - case involved allegations of surgical malpractice. 4/23/90 - United States District Court, Northern District of New York - represented defendant. 4/9/90 - premises liability claim - represented defendant - case settle prior to verdict. 3/5/90 - Schenectady Supreme/Hon. Robert Doran - represented defendant - case settled prior to verdict - alleged orthopedic malpractice. In addition to the foregoing, the candidate has tried numerous administrative hearings to conclusion in front of the Office for Professional Medical Conduct. Moreover, the candidate has tried various other jury and non-jury trials in the lesser courts (county, city and town courts). Finally, the candidate has also handled numerous Federal Court mediations, arbitrations and early neutral evaluations representing litigations and also serving as a mediator/arbitrator.
ISLN:
904734667
Hobbies & interests:
Running, Hiking, Skiing and serving the disabled community.

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