Barbara E. O'Connor
About Barbara
Biography
"Preeminent AV" rated Martindale Hubbell 1997 - present; Martindale Hubbell Preeminent Women Attorneys; "Super Lawyer" rating 2012-present; Martindale Hubbell 2015 Top Rated Lawyer/Litigation; Martindale Hubbell Top Rated Lawyer/New England 2013-2015; First Assistant Federal Public Defender/Vermont 1999-2006; Director/Federal Defender Training Group 1998-1999; Supervising Federal Public Defender/Los Angeles 1992-1998; Visiting Defender/US Sentencing Commission 1997;exclusive practice area in criminal defense, primarily federal; appellate experience including US Supreme Court, 9th Circuit en banc and general practice in both 9th and 2d Circuit Courts of Appeal. Various publications regarding federal sentencing issues and selective prosecution. Media experience including television and radio. Teaching experience including Williams College interim term seminars and trial advocacy at Southwestern Law School. Guest lectures at George Mason Law School and Vermont Law School, as well as various bar association presentations on criminal law and sentencing; CJA panel in Vermont and the Central District of California; CJA Rep for Vermont 2006-7.
Practice Areas
1
Practice Area
35 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
Sometimes
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Licensed in New York for 39 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1986
No misconduct found
Licensed in Vermont for 22 years
State: Vermont
Acquired: 2003
No misconduct found
Licensed in California for 36 years
State: California
Acquired: 1989
No misconduct found
Licensed in Connecticut for 39 years
State: Connecticut
Acquired: 1986
No misconduct found
Location
O'Connor & Kirby Attorneys At Law
174 Battery St Ste 3, Burlington, VT, 05401-6201
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Experience
Work Experience
2006 - Present
Partner, O'Connor & Kirby PC
1991 - 2006
First Assistant, Federal Public Defender
Associations
1995 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
2003 - 2004
American Bar AssociationVice Chair, Corrections and Sentencing
2001 - 2002
American Bar AssociationCo-Chair, Defense Function Committee
2001 - 2008
Vermont Association of Criminal Defense LawyersDirector
2000 - 2003
American Bar AssociationCriminal Justice Council
Sample of Legal Cases
in trial
ultimately dismissed
Education
1985
JD
Publications
2004
2004
2003
Languages
English