About Thomas O'Connor

Thomas C. O'Connor, Esq. is a Workers' Compensation Trial Attorney at Brandon J. Broderick, Attorney At Law, based in New Jersey. With more than 25 years of experience on both sides of workers' compensation litigation and a 33-year bar history, he represents injured workers across the firm's New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania practice.

O'Connor began his career as a Senior Trial Attorney with AIG, defending workers' compensation claims for the insurer — experience that gives him direct insight into how carriers evaluate, contest, and litigate cases, perspective he now applies on behalf of injured workers.

O'Connor holds a 4.9 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He earned his B.A. from Rutgers College in 1985 and is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Brandon J. Broderick, Personal Injury Attorney at Law

These results are credited to Brandon J. Broderick, Personal Injury Attorney at Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$44 millionSettlement

Arian Hila, 48, suffered catastrophic traumatic brain injury at a Tappan, New York demolition site in February 2018 when a debris chute broke free and crushed him, leaving him without oxygen for nearly 20 minutes; a $44 million settlement was reached seven days into a 2024 jury trial.

New York State Supreme Court, Rockland County (New City, NY); Justice Sherri Eisenpress · 2024Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Rutgers College
Undergraduate, 1985

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Jersey
State Bar of New York
State Bar of Pennsylvania
New Jersey State Bar
New York State Bar
Pennsylvania Bar

Awards & recognition

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Rating 4.9

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$2.9 Million Settlement in Connecticut Wrongful Death Car Crash

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.