Tamara A. O'Brien ("Tammy") joined the firm in 1999 and became a partner in 2000. She practices in the areas of business and general civil litigation and has extensive experience in appellate practice and in tort and employment litigation. She has argued before the Supreme Court of Ohio and the federal Courts of Appeals on numerous occasions.
Tammy began her career as a judicial law clerk/staff attorney for the Honorable William R. Baird of the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Ninth Appellate District. She has also been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Akron and, for many years, has been selected by the Supreme Court of Ohio to serve as a Reader of the State Bar Examination.
She is co-author of a legal treatise involving the introduction of evidence at trial. Ohio Motions in Limine: Evidence Exclusion Guide has been published annually by Thompson West since 2007. Among her professional accolades, she was twice named a "Super Lawyer/Rising Star" in Cincinnati Magazine's list of top lawyers in Ohio less than 40 years of age.
Tammy was elected in 2008 to serve as a member of the Ohio State Board of Education, representing the citizens of Summit, Ashtabula, Portage, and Trumbull Counties. She also serves the community as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Red Cross of Summit and Portage Counties and as a member of the Summit County Facilities Review Board. She is a graduate of Leadership Akron and is past president of the Board of Trustees for H.M. Life Opportunity Services.
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