James L. O'Connell
Location:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Phone:
866-855-5404 (Toll free)
513-223-3967
513-345-5763
513-223-3967
513-345-5763
Fax:
513-421-0212
E-mail:
Year Joined Firm
- 1956
Areas of Practice
- General Civil Litigation
- Law Pertaining To Railroad Matters
- Negligence and Insurance Law
Litigation Percentage
- 98% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1958
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1959
Education
- University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio
- J.D. - 1958
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio
- H.A.B. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1953
Representative Cases
- Theiss v. Scherer, 396 F.2d 646, 36 ALR.3d 1321 (6 Cir. 1968)
- Olmsted v. Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company, 22 Ohio St.2d 185, 259 N.E.2d 123 (1970)
- Southside River-Rail Terminals v. Crum & Forster Underwriters, 157 Ohio App.3d 325, 811 N.E.2d 150 (2004)
- Springdale v. CSX Railway Corp., 69 Ohio St.3d 371, 627 N.E.2d 534 (1994)
- Long v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 849 F.Supp. 594 (SD Ohio 1993)
- Barger v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 110 F. Supp.2d 648 (SD Ohio 2000)
- Brewster v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 138 Ohio App.3d 738, 742 N.E.2d 222 (2000)
- Glick v. Marler, 82 Ohio App.3d 752, 613 N.E.2d 254 (1992)
- Lintner v. Norfolk & Western Railway Company, 118 Ohio App.3d 838, 694 N.E.2d 140 (1997)
- Wooten v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 165 Ohio App.3d 428, 842 N.E.2d 603 (2005)
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys Distinguished Contributions to the Profession Award, 2011
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Cincinnati Bar Association, Member
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Vice-President, 1986 - 1988
- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, Member
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate
- Potter Stewart Inn of Court, Master of the Bench
