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Vanessa O'Brien

Attorney at Crosley Law
San Antonio, TX8 years experience

About Vanessa O'Brien

Vanessa Cantu O'Brien is an attorney at Crosley Law in San Antonio, Texas, serving injured Texans with quality legal representation. After earning her J.D. from St. Mary's University in 2017, she worked at a San Antonio civil litigation firm handling complex civil litigation matters and mass tort cases, then spent five years as an insurance defense attorney handling a variety of personal injury matters before joining Crosley Law in May 2025. During law school she served as a judicial intern for U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo in the Southern District of Texas, as a legal intern for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas, as a staff writer for the St. Mary's Law Journal, and as a member of the St. Mary's External Advocacy Program Moot Court team.

Practice areas

Education

St. Mary's University School of Law
J.D., 2017
St. Edward's University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of State of Texas
State Bar of United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
San Antonio Bar Association
Bexar County Women's Bar Association
San Antonio Bar Foundation

Awards & recognition

Rising Legal Star - San Antonio Scene Magazine
San Antonio Bar Foundation Fellow (Class of 2022)
Bexar County Women's Bar Foundation LEAD Academy graduate (2023)
Undergraduate magna cum laude

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