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New Jersey
70 Grand Avenue
River Edge, NJ 07661
tel. +1 201.343.3434
fax +1 201.343.6306
koconnor@pecklaw.com
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Kevin
O’Connor
is a
partner
with
a
broad
legal
background
and
emphasis
on
construction,
employment
and
complex
commercial
disputes.
He
is
involved
in
all
aspects
of
commercial
litigation
in
State
and
Federal
courts
and
in
private
alternative
dispute
resolution
venues,
with
involvement
in
all
phases
of
litigating
construction
and
commercial
matters,
including
drafting
of
pleadings,
discovery,
depositions,
motions,
trials
and
arbitrations.
Mr.
O’Connor
advises ENR
Top
100
and
Fortune
500
clients
on a
broad
panoply
of
construction,
employment
and
commercial
issues.
He
has
tried
numerous
matters
before
juries
in
both
State
and
Federal
courts.
Mr.
O’Connor
received
his
Bachelor
of
Arts
degree
from
Montclair
State
University,
cum
laude,
and
his
law
degree
from
Rutgers
University
School
of
Law-Newark,
where
he
served
as
Editor-in-Chief
of
the
Rutgers
Law
Review
and
as a
Member
of
the
National
Moot
Court
Team.
While
in
law
school,
Mr.
O’Connor
was
elected
to
the
Order
of
the
Barristers
and
was
the
recipient
of
the
Nathan
Schildkraut
Award
for
Excellence
in
Advocacy.
Mr.
O’Connor’s
publications
include:
”New
Jersey’s
Heeding
Presumption
in
Failure
to
Warn
Product
Liability
Actions,”
47
Rutgers
Law
Review
343
(1994);“When
Discrimination
Claims
Ride
the
Commuter
Train,”
NJLJ,
December
18.
2005;“New
York
Law
Applies
in
Commuter
Discrimination
Claims,”
NJLJ,
December
25,
1995;“Effective
Use
of
Daubert
to
Dispose
of
Baseless
Design
Defect
Claims,”
For
the
Defense,
May
1998;“The
Evolving
Standards
of
Admissibility
for
Expert
Witness
Testimony,”
NJLJ,
March
16.
1998;”Sword
or
Shield:
and
The
Consumer
Fraud
Act
in
Construction
Litigation,”
NJLJ
Oct.
2010
Supplement;
and
"Navigating
the
minefield
of
modern
Employee
Theft
Claims,"
NJLJ
Apr.
18,
2011
Supplement.
Mr.
O’Connor
is
admitted
to
practice
law
before
the
United
States
Courts
of
Appeal
for
the
Third
and
Second
Circuits,
the
United
States
District
Court
for
the
Southern
and
Eastern
Districts
of
New
York,
and
the
District
of
New
Jersey,
as
well
as
the
courts
of
the
State
of
New
York
,
the
State
of
New
Jersey
and
the
State
of
Pennsylvania.
He
is a
member
of
the
American
Bar
Association
(Section
on
Litigation
and
Construction
Litigation),
the
New
Jersey
Bar
Association
(Construction
Law
Section)
and
the
Morris
County
Bar
Association.
He
is a
Member
of
the
District XA
Ethics
Committee,
a
Court
Appointed
Special
Advocate
for
Children
(CASA-Morris)
and
member
of
the
Board
Development
Committee
at
the
YMCA
in
Mountain
Lakes,
NJ.
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