Patrick Steven O'Brien
877-746-3165
Patrick S. O'Brien has been a trial lawyer representing the rights of injured railroad workers for more than 27 years. After representing insurance companies for the first 4 years of private practice, Patrick has dedicated his professional career to helping those who have been injured through the negligence of others. Patrick has tried cases to verdict in 15 states and has represented railroad workers from all crafts. Patrick has developed a specialty in handling occupational injury and toxic exposure illness claims under the FELA and has achieved numerous substantial verdicts against various railroads. Patrick is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys, the Association of American Justice and is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Illinois and Minnesota, and in various federal district courts and federal courts of appeal.
Areas of Practice
- 85% Railroad Worker Injury/FELA
- 10% Plaintiff's Personal Injury
- 5% Plaintiff's Workers Compensation
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1979
- Illinois, 1980
- Minnesota, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2009
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1979
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1980
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1983
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1989
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2006
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2009
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2011
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri - 1979
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- B.A. - 1976
- Major: Economics
Representative Cases
- Biddle v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 1997 WL 716879 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997)
- Ridings v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 894 S.W.2d 281 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994)
- Giddens v. Kansas City Southern Railway, 29 S.W.3d 813 (Mo. banc 2000)
- Wilson v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 2003 WL 1233536 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003)
- Hand v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 1998 WL 281946 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Eastern Missouri/Southern Illinois Chapter
- American Board of Trial Advocates, President, Eastern Missouri/Southern Illinois Chapter
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Past Employment Positions
- Rathmann & O'Brien, LLC, Partner, 2004 - 2008
- C. Marshall Friedman, P.C., Trial Attorney, 1991 - 2004
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Kappa Psi
