Anne Marie O’Brien - Omaha, NE
Attorney at Smith Pauley LLP
Civil Litigation Lawyers in Omaha, NE
3555 Farnam Street Suite 1000 Omaha, NE 68131
Omaha Civil Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Mediation
- Arbitration
Attorney Information
Overview
Anne Marie is a partner at Smith Pauley. She has maintained a national practice representing both plaintiffs and Fortune 500 companies in multiple state and federal courtrooms as lead trial counsel for the past 30+ years. Anne Marie has extensive experience in the following areas of litigation: transportation; construction/contract; employment; sexual abuse/harassment; business/corporate; insurance; products liability; asbestos/toxic tort; and complex, multi-state civil disputes.
She is a Board Member of the Werner Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution at Creighton University Law School. Anne Marie teaches 40 hours biennially at a national trial college, and she will teach an 8 hour online class in Dispute Resolution sponsored by Creighton in 2025. Anne Marie is a trained arbitrator and mediator, and currently serves as a federally approved FINRA arbitrator. She has been repeatedly recognized as a “Lawyer of Distinction,” a title awarded to less than 1% of lawyers nationwide - among other honors voted on by her peers.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- 2014-2022, Contributing Editor, Nebraska, Product Liability Desk Reference, A Fifty State Compendium, Wolters Kluwer, Annual Editions
- Past President, National Association Railroad Trial Counsel
- Past President, Omaha Bar Association
- 2018-2024 Best Lawyers (Insurance Law, Litigation-Insurance, Railroad Law)
- 2023 Nationwide Lawyers of Distinction (Civil Litigation)
- 2019-Present - Best Lawyers Omaha (Litigation)
Education
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Legal Education
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Creighton University School of Law,
Omaha,
Nebraska
J.D.
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Creighton University School of Law,
Omaha,
Nebraska
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Non Legal Education
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St. Mary’s University
Bachelor's Degree
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St. Mary’s University
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Bar Admissions
- Nebraska
- Missouri
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