Firm Profile

John O’Brien began his career at one of the largest law firms in California, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, where he represented Southern Pacific and Fiberboard Corp. trying personal injury and wrongful death cases. In 1996, he formed his own firm and has since specialized in providing personal and individual legal services to injured persons. He enjoys an excellent reputation for aggressive advocacy and integrity as well as an impressive record of significant jury verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements, including a million dollar settlement against a local government entity for inverse condemnation and a verdict in excess of $7,000,000 for a client who was rendered a quadriplegic.

Mr. O’Brien is among the very select group of lawyers to have received the highest rating ("AV") from the nation's preeminent rating service for law firms and lawyers, the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. The "AV" rating is accorded to only a small percentage of the nation's lawyers and law firms. The Martindale-Hubbell rating system provides an important and objective method to narrow the search for qualified legal representation. Legal Ability and General Recommendation Ratings have appeared in the Directory for over 100 years. This rating embraces faithful adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics of the legal profession, professional reliability and diligence.

The "AV" rating represents an independent, unbiased verification of Mr. O’Brien’s high standing in the California legal community.

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Born August 20, 1965. Admitted to the California State Bar in 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Southern California Law Center, (J.D., honors, 1990); University of the Pacific (B. A., honors, magna cum laude, Political Science/Economics, 1987). Member: State Bar of California.

Biography: Phi Kappa Phi. Listed in, Who's Who in American Universities. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts, Constitutional Law and Evidence. Member, University of Southern California Law Review, 1988-1990.

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John M. O’Brien & Associates is a small firm that prides itself on its personal approach to each case and personal attention to each client. When Mr. O’Brien is out of the office for court appearances or trials, his legal assistant, Brenda Marchant, and paralegal, Kathy Long, who together have over 35 years of experience in the Sacramento legal community, are eager to assist clients with their questions or concerns.