Terence P. O'Connor - Albany, NY

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Notre Dame Law School, Indiana, May, 1983
    Juris Doctor
    Honors: American Jurisprudence Award

• Non Legal Education

  • St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, May, 1980
    B.S., Bachelor of Science
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Faculty Scholar
    Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  • University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1978
    Spring semester

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• O’Connor, O’Connor, Bresee & First, PC, Albany, NY, Managing Partner/Lead Trial Attorney/Mediator/Arbitrator, March 1994-December 2025
• Carter, Conboy, PC, Albany, NY, Associate Attorney (1983-1989) & Managing Partner/Trial Attorney (1989-1994)

Classes and Seminars

• A Mediator’s Advice to Lawyers for Successful Mediations and Arbitrations
  
• New York State Supreme Court Association — Lecturer
  
• New York State Court of Claims Judges — Lecturer
  
• Sky Radio and American Airlines — Lecturer on Tort Reform
  
• New York State Bar Association — Power Advocacy
  
• New York State Bar Association — Basic Civil Practice: The Trial
  
• New York State Bar Association — Expert Testimony in Federal Court
  
• New York State Bar Association — Medicine in the Courtroom
  
• New York State Bar Association — Examining Plaintiff's Experts in Federal Court
  
• New York State Bar Association — How to Handle a Neck and Back Injury Case
  
• New York State Bar Association — Jury Selection Techniques
  
• New York State Bar Association — Proving and Defending Damages
  
• Risk Management — New York State Dental Society
  
• Albany Medical College — Medical Malpractice Litigation from Soup to Nuts
  
• Albany Law School — Ethics in the Courtroom
  
• Dealing with the Snake in the Grass during Voir Dire
  
• Jury Selection and Trends
  
• Nuts and Bolts of Trial Practice from Opening Statements to Summations
  
• Nuclear Verdicts in the Post-COVID Era

Pro Bono Activities

• Center for Disability Services/Board of Directors/Chair
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund – Boston Marathon Fundraising
• Siena College Board of Associate Trustees

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1984
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1985
• Vermont, 2013
• U.S. District Court District of Vermont, 2017

Other Affiliations

• The International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
• New York State Bar Association
• Vermont Bar Association
• Vermont Trial Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Albany County Bar Association
• Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA)
• Professional Liability Underwriting Society