Thomas C. O'Brien

Personal Injury, Mediation
300 North Fifth Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104


Personal Injury

Admitted

1970, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Law School

University of Detroit, J.D., 1969

Law School Graduation Year

1969

College

Eastern Michigan University, B.S., 1966

Memberships

Biographical

Phi Alpha Delta. Author: The V.A. Murders, Litigation Magazine, November, 1984; How to Introduce Evidence in Court: Expert Witnesses, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1986; Presenting the Defense, Criminal Defense Lawyers of Michigan, 1987; Reliability of Child Witnesses, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1987; Cross Examination of Expert Witness, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003 and Criminal Defense Lawyers of Michigan, 1994; A Trial Lawyer's Perspective on the Supreme Court Election, Appellate Practice Alert, Autumn 1998; The V.A. Nurses Case: The Effects of Press Coverage on a High-Profile Criminal Trial, V.A. Nurses Symposium, Wayne State Law School, 2001, Wayne Law 2002; Examining Expert Witnesses, National Institute of Trial Advocacy (video recording, Spring, 2003). Law Clerk, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1969-1970. Section Leader and Faculty Member, Basic Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1978-1994. Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1989—. Section Leader, Midwest Regional Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1989—. Section Leader and Faculty Member, Advanced Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1985. Instructor, Trial Advocacy, University of Michigan Law School, 1986-1996. Guest Lecturer, University of Michigan Law School, 1997—. Faculty Member, Criminal Defense Lawyers of Michigan Seminar on Trial Advocacy, Spring 1983, Spring and Fall 1987 and Spring 1994. Member, Washtenaw County (Chairman, Trial Practice Section, 1988-1990; Chairman, Mediation Committee, 1991-1994. Member, Judiciary Committee; Chairman, Ann Arbor Bicentennial Commission, 1975-1976; President, Washtenaw Land Trust, 2001—) Federal (Member, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter; Committee Member, Rules & Civil Practice and Criminal Practice, 1988—) and American (Member, Section on Litigation; Committee Member, Trial Practice Committee, 1981—) Bar Associations; State Bar o

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