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Address:
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402 W Broadway, Suite 1905
San Diego
CA,
92101
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Phone:
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(619) 756-6990
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Fax:
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(619) 756-6991
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Website:
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www.hpolaw.com
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Practice Areas:
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DUI
Trademark
Business Law
Criminal Defense
Product Liability
Personal Injury
Civil Law
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About the firm:
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At Harrison Patterson & O'Connor and unlike many consumer law firms, we limit the number of cases we take to ensure that all of our clients and their cases receive the attention they deserve. Our team members are hands on in their approach to handling cases and we pride ourselves on being responsive to our clients. We also believe that the best results are secured through a known willingness to take cases to trial and, when we accept litigation matters, we proceed as if the case will ultimately be in front of a judge or jury. Before forming Harrison Patterson & O'Connor, our goal was to start a law firm where we could apply the training and experience we gained working for either large, prestigious law firms or the District Attorney?s Office to the representation of our clients. We achieved that goal upon forming Harrison Patterson & O'Connor and are pleased to offer the highest quality of legal representation and counseling to our clients.
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Specialties:
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Personal Injury
Automobile Accidents
Premises Liability
Construction Accidents
Dog Bites
Traumatic Brain Injury Cases
Wrongful Death
Civil Law
Employment Discrimination/Wrongful Termination
Intellectual Property Litigation
Business/Insurance Litigation
Consumer Class-actions
Criminal Defense
Felonies
Misdemeanors
DUI/DWI
Federal Offenses
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Lawyers:
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Harry Harrison
Harry W. Harrison is a founding partner of the firm and focuses his practice on personal injury, employment, insurance and business litigation matters. Mr. Harrison has successfully prosecuted and defended numerous civil matters and is experienced in every component of a civil dispute from pre-lawsuit negotiations through trial. Throughout his career, Mr. Harrison has regularly handled business, construction, employment, environmental, insurance, personal injury, products liability, professional liability (real estate, legal, accounting, insurance) and toxic tort matters.
Prior to forming Harrison Patterson & O?Connor, Mr. Harrison?s practice primarily entailed the defense of individuals, businesses and their insurers as an associate attorney first with White, Noon & Oliver APC and then with Gordon & Rees LLP, one of San Diego?s largest law firms. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Harrison spent two years as an insurance claims adjuster for State Farm Fire & Casualty Company. During that time, Mr. Harrison handled hundreds of property and casualty claims including large-loss fire and natural disaster claims. Now, Mr. Harrison is able to draw upon his years of experience as both a civil defense attorney and insurance claims professional to provide unique insight and perspective to the representation of his clients.
Mr. Harrison?s recent accomplishments include the following: he secured a full defense verdict for his client, a local hi-tech company, after a two-week jury trial in a significant business dispute involving claims of breach of contract and fraud; he served as lead counsel for a large subcontractor in a binding arbitration involving claims in excess of $200 Million and negotiated a favorable resolution for his client for substantially less than the amount demanded after 14 months of arbitration proceedings; he was chosen by his peers and colleagues as one of the Top San Diego County Attorneys for 2006 and named as a semi-finalist. (San Diego Daily Transcript, April 26, 2006/July 19, 2006).
Matthew O'Connor
Matthew J. O'Connor is a founding partner of the firm and currently focuses his practice on criminal defense. Mr. O?Connor regularly defends adults and juveniles in all types of criminal matters, including but not limited to: Driving Under the Influence (DUI), Assault, Robbery, ?Three Strikes? cases, Murder, Domestic Violence, Rape, Illegal Firearms, Theft and Drug crimes, Probation and Parole hearings.
Mr. O?Connor graduated from the University of California at Davis in 1995 and graduated cum laude from the Santa Clara University School of Law in 1999. Upon graduating from law school and prior to forming Harrison Patterson & O?Connor, Mr. O?Connor served as a deputy district attorney in the Contra County District Attorney?s Office. During his tenure, Mr. O?Connor prosecuted and tried numerous misdemeanor and felony cases.
From 2000 to 2006, Mr. O'Connor prosecuted over a thousand criminal cases. He has personally tried over thirty jury trials ranging from misdemeanor crimes, to lengthy career criminal cases including attempted murder, aggravated robbery, and numerous other cases with serious and violent criminal charges.
During his career as a government prosecutor, Mr. O'Connor handled thousands of negotiations with other lawyers, judges, and special interest and advocacy groups. Mr. O'Connor has extensive experience negotiating misdemeanor and felony cases. He also has substantial knowledge and skill in the procedural and substantive operations of local law enforcement agencies. Additionally, he has become extremely adept at dealing with state and federal law enforcement agencies such as the Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement.
Mr. O'Connor has handled a number of high profile cases, and has experience in dealing with the related aspects of litigation, such as special interest group attention, media exposure and public relations. He is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
James Patterson
James R. Patterson is a founding partner of the firm. Mr. Patterson practices general business litigation, with an emphasis on complex litigation. Mr. Patterson has vast experience representing businesses and individuals in consumer class action cases, fraud cases, contract disputes, employment matters and intellectual property cases involving protection and enforcement of trade secrets, patents, and trademarks.
Mr. Patterson is a 1996 graduate of the University of California at Davis where he majored in economics, and a 2000 magna cum laude graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law, where he ranked #3 in his class and was a member of law review and named to the Order of the Coif. Prior to forming Harrison Patterson & O?Connor, Mr. Patterson spent five years working as a commercial litigation attorney for Cooley Godward LLP, a leading national law firm and one of San Diego?s five largest firms. Mr. Patterson is a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, San Diego County Bar Association and American Bar Association.
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