Michael O'Brien is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. A native of New Orleans, he practices in the Admiralty and Maritime practice group. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of admiralty issues, including Jones Act and personal injury defense, maritime litigation, oil and gas exploration, drilling accidents, well blowouts, cargo damage, ship collisions, ship allisions, vessel groundings, lift boat and jack-up rig accidents, vessel mortgage filings, product liability, redhibition, as well as premesis liability, construction defect litigation and appeals.

Education

Michael received his J.D. from Loyola University in 2001 where he received the Joseph Rault Award for excellence in Admiralty and Maritime Law. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Iowa State University in 1998. He attended Iowa State on a NCAA football scholarship.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Memberships

• New Orleans, Louisiana State, and American Bar Associations
  

Publications

• "Review of the 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure", Around the Bar, April 2007.

• “A Review of Seaman’s Settlements,” Around the Bar, November 2007.