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Albany Insurance Defense Law Firm
Overview
Located in Albany, New York, the law firm of O'Connor First provides exceptional advocacy and support to a diverse range of clients involved in complex insurance disputes and litigation. With an additional office in Bennington, Vermont, we represent insurance companies, health care providers and physicians, self-insured business owners and others across both states, and our law firm has earned widespread recognition as one of the nation's best for insurance and medical malpractice defense...
Located in Albany, New York, the law firm of O'Connor First provides exceptional advocacy and support to a diverse range of clients involved in complex insurance disputes and litigation. With an additional office in Bennington, Vermont, we represent insurance companies, health care providers and physicians, self-insured business owners and others across both states, and our law firm has earned widespread recognition as one of the nation's best for insurance and medical malpractice defense.
Our team of top rated attorneys is fully committed to helping you resolve your conflicts as efficiently as possible, and we have extensive experience in mediation and arbitration so we can help you obtain the favorable outcomes you seek without the need for expensive, protracted courtroom battles. Should your case need to go to court, however, we will fight hard to protect your rights and interests, and we have achieved unprecedented success advocating on behalf of our clients in state and federal courts throughout the region.
In addition to insurance defense, we also provide unmatched criminal defense counsel for business owners and individuals. We also offer effective bankruptcy services to help you find relief from your overwhelming debt so you can get back on the path to financial security. We also maintain a successful appellate practice, so we can help you challenge a previous ruling regarding your case to help you achieve the justice you deserve.
No matter how serious or complex your circumstances, our attorneys will work directly with you so that we can better understand your situation. We will offer solid, straightforward advice that you need to make the best-informed decisions on the matters that affect your case.
For more information on how O'Connor First can best serve your needs, you can contact our law office or visit our website to schedule a consultation.
About O'Connor First
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Personal Injury
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Personal Injury -- Defense
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Products Liability Law
- Toxic Torts
- Professional Liability Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- General Liability
- Toxic Tort Litigation
- Trucking and Vehicle Liability
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Employment Law Litigation
- Bankruptcy
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy Law
- Nursing Home
- Administrative Law
- Employment Law -- Employer
- Legal Malpractice
- Litigation & Appeals
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Class Actions -- Plaintiff
Previous Law Firm Name
- O'Connor, O'Connor, Bresee & First, P.C.
Representative Clients
- Acadia Insurance
- Admiral Insurance
- Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
- Allied World Assurance Company
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance
- Ameritrust
- Atlas Copco Group
- Ashland Inc
- Bon Secours Mercy Health
- Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company
- Chart Risk Retention Group
- Chubb Insurance Company
- Coverys
- CNA Insurance Company
- CNA HealthPro
- CURI Insurance
- Dartmouth Health
- Dentist’s Advantage
- Farm Family Insurance Company
- Farmers Insurance
- Fortress Insurance Company
- Gallagher Bassett
- General Accident Insurance Company
- Healthcare Professionals Insurance Company
- Intercare Insurance Services
- Ironshore Insurance Services
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- Main Street America Group
- Markel Insurance Company
- Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company
- Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine
- Medical Protective Company
- Nationwide
- NCMIC
- North American Risk Services
- One Beacon Insurance
- OMS National Ins. Co., RRG
- Philadelphia Insurance Companies
- Physicians Reciprocal Insurance Company
- Podiatry Insurance Company of America
- Preferred Mutual Insurance Company
- Preferred Physicians Medical
- ProAssurance
- Professional Risk Management Inc.
- Riley Stoker Corp.
- Scottsdale Insurance Company
- Sedgwick Claims Management
- Selective Insurance
- Specialty Insurance Agency
- Specialty Risk Services
- St. Mary’s Hospital of Amsterdam
- Team Health
- The Doctors Company
- T.H.E. Insurance Company
- The Hartford
- The Main Street America Group
- Travelers Insurance Company
- United Health Services Hospitals
- USAA Casualty Insurance Company
- Wal Mart Stores, Inc.
- York Risk Services Group
- Zurich Specialties Healthcare
People
Attorneys
- Terence P. O'Connor (Partner)
- Michael J. O'Connor (Partner)
- Dennis A. First (Partner)
- Kathleen A. Barclay (Partner)
- Dianne C. Bresee (Partner)
- Molly C. Casey
- Michael P. Cavanagh (Partner)
- Carol E. Crummey (Partner)
- Abigail A. Dean (Associate)
- Aaron M. DePaolo (Partner)
- Shannon D. Frazier (Associate)
- Jeanne M. Gonsalves Lloyd (Partner)
- Anne M. Hurley (Partner)
- P. Baird Joslin Jr. (Partner)
- Brian P. Krzykowski (Of Counsel)
- Michele M. Monserrate (Partner)
- Joseph T. Perkins (Of Counsel)
- Emily A. Phillips (Associate)
- Carol C. Poles (Associate )
- Rebecca J. Smyth (Associate)
- Alexander L. Stabinski (Partner)
- Samantha V. Vedder (Associate)
- Elizabeth B. Yoquinto (Associate)
Office Information
Address
20 Corporate Woods Boulevard4th Floor Albany, NY 12211
Phone
Fax
- 518-465-0015
Websites
Other Offices
O'Connor First 180 Battery Street Suite 240 Burlington, VT 05041 877-886-4029
Achievements
Lawyers at O'Connor First selected for a Super Lawyers® list
- Barclay, Kathleen A. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Bresee, Dianne C. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Casey, Molly C. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Cavanagh, Michael P. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Crummey, Carol E. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Dean, Abigail A. On a Super Lawyers® List
- DePaolo, Aaron M. On a Super Lawyers® List
- First, Dennis A. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Hurley, Anne Mcguirk On a Super Lawyers® List
- Joslin, Peter B. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Joslin, Jr., P. Baird On a Super Lawyers® List
- Monserrate, Michele M. On a Super Lawyers® List
- O'Connor, Michael J. On a Super Lawyers® List
- O'Connor, Terence P. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Phillips, Emily A. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Vedder, Samantha V. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Yoquinto, Elizabeth B. On a Super Lawyers® List
Honors
- O'Connor, O'Connor, Bresee & First, P.C. has an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Michael J. O'Connor is listed in the Best Lawyers of America book
- Michael J. O'Connor received the NYSBA President's Pro Bono Service Law Firm Award
- Michael J. O'Connor is Board Certified - Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law - American Board of Certification
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