Chris O'Brien

Chris O’Brien has been helping personal injury victims in Western New York for more than 30 years, during which he and John Ford have settled or tried more than 25 million- or multi-million dollar cases on behalf of their clients. Chris, a personal injury lawyer in Buffalo, NY, enjoys a national reputation as a trial lawyer and an educator of other trial lawyers, having shared his trial skills across the United States and Canada. He is a Diplomate of the National College of Advocacy, has been a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for 25 years, and has been named as one of Western New York’s Top Ten Lawyers by Buffalo Business First. He is one of the best Buffalo car accident lawyers. Chris lives in Amherst with his wife and children and shares the responsibility of a Bernedoodle named Moose with any of his kids who will help. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Chris O'Brien included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Became the Second Lawyer in New York State to Achieve the Status of Diplomate in the National College of Advocacy, 2004 10.0 Avvo rating Million Dollar Advocates Forum“AV – Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell Legal Elite’s Top 10: Best of the Best Other Sources of Feedback About Chris O'Brien Included on the 2025Upstate New York Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2021 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2016 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2015 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2014 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2013 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2012 New York Super Lawyers Super Lawyers list 2011 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2010 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2009 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2008 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Adjunct Professor of Law, University at Buffalo School of Law
• Presenter, American Association for Justice at its Mid-Winter Convention
• Lecturer, Ultimate Trial College for the American Association for Justice (AAJ) at Harvard Law School
• Lecturer, Basic Skills Trial College for AAJ in both Birmingham, Alabama, 2006
• Lecturer, Basic Skills Trial College for AAJ in Reno
• Lecturer, Basic Skills Trial College for AAJ in Nevada
• Lecturer, Deposition College in Cleveland, Ohio
• Lecturer, Deposition College in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Lecturer, Case Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts
• Lecturer, Trial College, Reno, Nevada, 2004
• Lecturer, Trial College Birmingham, Alabama
• Lecturer, Ultimate Trial Advocacy College, Harvard University, 2003 - 2006
• Lecturer, Depositions College, Cleveland, Ohio, 2006
• Lecturer, Depositions College, Long Beach, California, 2007

• St. Christopher’s Roman Catholic Church (Parish Council)
• David’s Dinner for Famine Relief
• Buffalo Na Fianna Gaelic Football Club

• American Association for Justice
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• Western Region Affiliate of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Past President)
• Bar Association of Erie County
• UB Council (Member)
• Canisius High School Alumni (Board of Directors)
• Food Shuttle of Western New York, Inc.