Evan J. O’Brien
Director
- ph: 802-863-2375
- dir: 802-846-8602
PO Box 190
Burlington, VT 05402-0190
PHYSICAL:
Courthouse Plaza
199 Main Street
Suite 600
Burlington, VT 05401-8339
Evan O’Brien leverages his broad experience in complex commercial litigation in state and federal court on behalf of DRM’s clients.
Practices & Industries
Incisive litigator focused on resolving complex disputes.
Evan O’Brien focuses his practice on commercial litigation and white collar defense, helping clients achieve resolution to their legal disputes as efficiently and favorably as possible. He draws on the skills he has honed during his years of practice at DRM, as a former litigator at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in New York, and as a former law clerk to the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, to deliver success for the firm’s clients.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Harvard College, A.B.
Admissions
Vermont, 2018
New York, 2015
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States District Court for the District of Vermont
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Clerkships
Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Christina Reiss, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Vermont, 2016-2017
Memberships & Activities
Federal Bar Association
Chittenden County Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Vermont Bar Association
Accolades & Awards
Listed as one of Best Lawyers in America © “Ones to Watch”, 2022-2023
Community Involvement
Leadership Champlain 2020
Reported Cases
Vermont Railway, Inc. v. Town of Shelburne, 918 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 2019)
Epsom v. Crandall, 2019 VT 74, 211 Vt. 94, 220 A.3d 1247
MyWebGrocer, Inc. v. Adlife Marketing & Communications Co., Inc., 383 F. Supp. 3d 307 (D. Vt. 2019)