
Mark S. O’Connor
EMAIL:
moconnor@beusgilbert.comPHONE:
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Mark S. O’Connor is a highly experienced trial attorney and member of Beus Gilbert McGroder PLLC, a premier boutique law firm concentrating on High Stakes Litigation, Real Estate and Zoning Law, and Plaintiffs Catastrophic Injury & Wrongful Death. Mr. O’Connor is a member of the firm’s High Stakes Litigation and Plaintiffs Catastrophic Injury & Wrongful Death practices. He is a certified specialist in the area of personal injury and wrongful death litigation by the State Bar of Arizona and has represented hundreds of victims of catastrophic injury and wrongful death throughout his career and served as lead trial counsel in numerous jury trials.
On March 21, 2017, Mark was appointed co-lead counsel for Plaintiffs in the multi-district litigation In Re: Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation and co-liaison counsel in the related consolidated cases in the Maricopa County Superior Court. In March 2018, Mark and his trial team obtained a $3.6 million award in the first bellwether trial of the multi-district litigation. The June 2019 issue of Arizona Attorney included this verdict as one of the top ten civil verdicts in Arizona in 2018. The same article noted the award included the largest award of punitive damages in Arizona in 2018.
In July 2002, Mark undertook the pro bono representation of victims and families of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks for the Victim Compensation Fund. He is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America,” “Southwest Super Lawyers,” and “Top 100 Trial Lawyers.” In 2014, he was also elected by his peers as a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. In 2022, Mark was named as one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers by Lawdragon, one of the most prestigious legal publications in America.
Admissions
U.S. District Court – District of Arizona
Supreme Court of the State of Arizona
Education
Northern Arizona University – B.S.
John Marshall Law School, J.D., with distinction
Professional Distinctions
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
The Best Lawyers in America®, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2009-2023
Southwest Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff, 2009-Present
Arizona Finest Lawyers, 2011; Arizona Finest Lawyers, Sustaining Member, 2014-Present
Selected by Law Dragon as one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
The National Trial Lawyers Association, The Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America
The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 25 Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyers
Memberships & Activities
State Bar of Arizona, Member
Maricopa County Bar Association, Member
Arizona Association for Justice also known as Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
American Association for Justice, Member
International Society of Barristers, Fellow
Publications
Informed Consent, NALA Facts & Findings, March/April 2015
Other
Certified Specialist, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization
American Bar Association, Litigation Section, 2021 Virtual Section Annual Conference, The Polarization of American Jurors
National Trial Lawyers Summit 2020; Creating, Developing, and Testing Case and Damages Themes
The State Bar of Arizona Professionalism Course, Continuing Legal Education (CLE) by the Sea, panelist
Arizona’s Top Ten-How They Did It, panelist
Bard Owes Injured Woman $3.6M in IVC Bellwether, Jury Finds
By Cara Salvatore Law360 Law360, Phoenix (March 30, 2018, 1:22 PM EDT) - a Phoenix federal jury awarded $2 million in compensatory damages and $2...
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Attorney Mark S. O’Connor Led the Way in One of the Top Ten Verdicts of 2018
Arizona Attorney June 2019 - United States District Court for the District of Arizona, CV16-004747 In a verdict announced on March 30, 2018, Sheri...
Read MoreFirst Bard Vein Filter Bellwether Heads to Jury
By Cara Salvatore Law360 Law360, Phoenix (March 29, 2018, 11:30 PM EDT) - a Phoenix federal jury began deliberations Thursdays in the first bellwether...
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Bard Exec Defends Handling of Complaints at Vein Filter Trial
Law360, Phoenix (March 28, 2018, 11:19 PM EDT) – A former quality-assurance executive at Bard Periopheral Vascular defended the company’s internal...
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