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Buffalo Plaintiff's Personal Injury Lawyer
Overview
Timothy G. O'Connell is a senior trial lawyer who has spent more than 27 years in Western New York advocating tirelessly on behalf of injured victims and achieving million and multi-million settlements and verdicts...
Timothy G. O'Connell is a senior trial lawyer who has spent more than 27 years in Western New York advocating tirelessly on behalf of injured victims and achieving million and multi-million settlements and verdicts...
Timothy G. O'Connell is a senior trial lawyer who has spent more than 27 years in Western New York advocating tirelessly on behalf of injured victims and achieving million and multi-million settlements and verdicts. Prior to joining Herschel Gelber, Mr. O'Connell was senior trial counsel at Siegel, Kelleher & Kahn, LLP, where he successfully represented the interests of his injured clients before the State and Federal Courts of the State of New York, in addition to the United States Congress, New York State Legislature and Erie County Legislature. In 2010, Mr. O'Connell joined Herschel Gelber as a full partner, at which time the law firm was renamed Gelber & O'Connell, LLC.
Mr. O'Connell received his Bachelor of Arts from Canisius College and his Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He is past President and Member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association for the Western Region, an organization devoted exclusively to preserving the rights of and representing injured persons.
Mr. O'Connell has been recognized for his successful representation of clients by being selected for membership in the Best Lawyers in America and New York State Super Lawyers. He is active in numerous civic activities on behalf of injured persons and in the civil justice system nationally, statewide and locally.
About Timothy G. O'Connell
Practice Areas
- Plaintiff's Personal Injury
- Automobile Accidents
- Construction Accidents
- Dangerous Drugs
- Defective Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Truck Accidents
- Wrongful Death
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- Member
Year Joined Firm
- 2010
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1986
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1986
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1986
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1986
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1986
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) (Member)
- Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorneys (Member)
- Althea Institute – National Trial Attorney Organization (Member)
- New York State Bar Association (Member)
- Western New York Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Bar Association of Erie County (Member)
Education
- Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio
- Canisius College
Past Positions
- Siegel, Kelleher & Kahn, LLP, Senior Trial Counsel
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Timothy G. O'Connell
Included on the 2023 Upstate New York list
Past Lists
- 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York Super Lawyers Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America
- New York State Super Lawyers
Office Information
Address
6512 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14221- 5836
Phone
Fax
- 716-633-9052
Office Hours
8:30 am - 6:00 pm; Evenings and Weekends by Appointment
Websites
- https://twitter.com/gelberoconnell (Twitter)
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