Vincent J. O'Brien

Mr. O'Brien was a supposed friend of myself & my husband (for 20 some years) very long story short, after several calls, texts, etc to him he would randomly text my husband or call & give us a line of bull & since he was a "friend" we kept believing him. I finally told my husband something has got to... be wrong this car accident where someone totaled my suv & almost killed me, has taken 4 years now! I tried calling & would never get a return call. Finally one day his office # was no good & would not answer his cell so I went on line to look for a good # & found these reviews!! I have since went through hell having to collect everything all over again from doctors, etc & get a new attorney. The new attorney showed us that Mr. O'Brien had called for continuance after continuance on my case!! When he knew we were waiting to end this stressful situation! He never even told us he lost his license or let us know we needed a new attorney. The new attorney luckily worked fast to save my case, which was almost lost because of all the continuances! Some friend this guy turned out to be! And to think we had him in our wedding just sickens me!

When you call the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission and give a lawyer's name you should immediately know he is trouble when they know his reputation by heart. Following an accident involving my wife, we employed Vincent O'Brien to file a lawsuit for damages against the party... we believed to be at fault. Mr. O'Brien agreed to take the case for 33.3% of any award, plus court fees. Mr. O'Brien had the citation thrown out of court and won an award. Shortly after the award was declared, Mr. O'Brien negotiated on our behalf to settle any liens placed on the award by doctors and insurance companies that we owed as a result of treatment from the accident. We received our share in the form of a check written out of Mr. O'Brien's account upon signing the award check. Mr. O'Brien was then, according to our agreement, to those with liens on the award their shares. We have been contacted over the past year on regular occasion by those agencies. Both state that they never received the payments Mr. O'Brien negotiated with them directly. Both also state Mr. O'Brien is no longer responding to them. As a result, my wife's credit rating has taken a hit for the unpaid debts.

I hired Mr. O'Brien to defend me in a criminal matter. To make a long story short, I did most of the work. He was very unprofessional and verbally abusive to me. He also promised that after the criminal case, he would take my civil case against the Police Department who arrested me. He did not do ...this. He simply blew me off after the case was over and I was found not-guilty.. He also promised that he would obtain Criminal Records (for two individuals) from the state for me. He had said at the beginning of my case that he requested them, but was waiting on the State to send these Criminal Records. After my case was over and I was found not-guilty, I again asked for the Criminal Back grounds on the two individuals which I requested. Mr. O'Brien, then asked me to send him a a check to pay for them. I sent the check. I called a couple of weeks later to see if he had received the check. His secretary said yes. He then called and said he wasn't going to get these records for me. He said I was verbally abusive to his secretary. Another words, he lied to me. He never requested these records from the State. I would never recommend Mr. O'Brien to anyone. He is very rude and inconsiderate. I was very distraught with what had happened to me. I have never been arrested in my entire life. This was an easy case, and I was confident that I would be found not-guilty. As I stated before, I gathered the evidence to clear myself. On the day of my Trial, I asked Mr. O'Brien what he thought about what was going to happen and how did he feel about my situation. His response was, "What do you mean how do I feel." He was very mean to me! He should be ashamed of himself. Again,don't ever retain him to represent you. He's not only a bad Attorney, but a horrible uncaring person.

I hired Mr. O'Brien to handle a criminal matter and family issues for me. He was effective in handling the criminal matter, but was very difficult to talk to and to get on the phone. He rarely returned calls, when he did it was sometimes 3-4 weeks after I had tried to reach him and only then when I t...hreatened to dismiss him from the case. He always had an excuse for not getting back to me. His cavalier attitude toward my case left me having to deal with a contempt charge from not receiving information that he possessed but had failed to pass along to me from opposing counsel. When I ended up dismissing Mr. O'Brien, he sent a bill full of charges for court dates that he did not attend and services he did not perform instead of refunding me a large amount of my retainer. He also did not return the bulk of supporting documentation I had provided to him, much of which was original and impossible to replace. In the months he was to be handling the family issues for me, he did not file any responses to the opposing counsel's motions. I ended up having to file responses myself with very little notice after I discovered he had not addressed them, though I had been charged for this time. I would never recommend Mr. O'Brien's services to anyone. I found his actions contemptuous and his behavior unethical and abusive.