O'Hara, Christopher A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mr. O'Hara is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro where he has worked since 1997. He practiced for nearly five years in the firm's Phoenix office before returning to the Seattle office, where he currently concentrates on antitrust, consumer, and pharmaceutical class actions.

Mr. O'Hara serves as plaintiffs' counsel in the third party payor Zyprexa litigation, as well as the consumer protection national class action against Expedia. An active member of the firm's Microsoft defense team, he negotiates claims administration policy and processing rules on behalf of Microsoft in twenty consumer class action state settlements around the country.

While in Phoenix, Mr. O'Hara deposed more than a dozen of big tobacco's expert witnesses, research scientists and marketing executives for the Tobacco Litigation, focusing predominantly on the Arizona case. He also defended the depositions of Arizona's national and local expert witnesses, while contributing to all aspects of discovery and motion practice. Mr. O'Hara played a leading role in the firm's successful defense of the state of Arizona against a claim brought by several Arizona Counties in the aftermath of the state's tobacco litigation.

Prior to joining Hagens Berman, Mr. O'Hara focused on property loss subrogation and professional liability defense at a Seattle-area law firm.

Mr. O'Hara earned a bachelor's degree in political science and French language and literature from the University of Washington in 1987. He subsequently graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law and is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Arizona and Washington, as well as the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation & Appeals
• Securities Law

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• Arizona
• Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Education

• Seattle University, School of Law, Seattle, Washington
  Honors: cum laude
• University of Washington, 1987
  Bachelor's
  Major: Political Science
  Major: French Language
  Major: Literature

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(206) 268-9351

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(206) 623-0594

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