Evan J. O’Brien

Director

Evan O’Brien leverages his broad experience in complex commercial litigation in state and federal court on behalf of DRM’s clients.

Email: eobrien@drm.com
Phone: 802-863-2375
Direct: 802-846-8602

PHYSICAL	MAILING
Courthouse Plaza 199 Main Street Suite 600 Burlington, VT 05401-8339	PO Box 190 Burlington, VT 05402-0190

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Practices & Industries

Antitrust & Consumer Protection Appeals Commercial Litigation Copyright Law Fraud & Breach of Fiduciary Duties Health Care Fraud & Health Care Law Health Care Industry Health Care Litigation Insurance Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Litigation Personal Injury & Property Damage Defense Qui Tam & False Claims Act Securities Fraud Defense & Litigation Telecommunications Litigation Trade Secrets Trademark Litigation & False Advertising Issues White Collar Crime Defense White Collar Defense & Government Enforcement

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

Included in the 2022-2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Commercial Litigation, Burlington

Community Involvement

Leadership Champlain 2020

Reported Cases

Mahmutovic v. Washington County Mental Health Services, Inc., 2023 VT 37, — A.3d —

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)