O'Brien Law Firm files class overtime pay lawsuits for shore tankermen in Texas and Louisiana

On April 8, 2021, the O’Brien Law Firm filed a lawsuit in a Houston federal court on behalf of four former shore tankermen for a New Orleans-based marine transportation services company that provides barge and dock services at ports along the L… Read More
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O'Brien gets client $27K in unpaid salary from former employer

In early 2021, after filing for an arbitration with a national arbitration organization, the O’Brien Law Firm obtained a $40,000 settlement of an employee’s claim for unpaid compensation from their former employer, with the employee pocke… Read More
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O'Brien gets client $70K in back compensation from former employer

In early 2021, after filing for an arbitration with a national arbitration organization, the O’Brien Law Firm obtained a $100,000 settlement of an employee’s claim for unpaid compensation from their former employer, with the employee pock… Read More
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O'Brien Law Firm helps firefighter get $130K settlement for termination

The O’Brien Law Firm has been representing a former firefighter for a Highland Lakes-area city in Austin federal court, over his claim that he was terminated by the city in violation of his rights under the USERRA – the Uniformed Services… Read More
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O'Brien Law Firm helps company VP win $425,000 award in arbitration over breached employment agreement

On August 14, 2020, an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association issued an Interim Award for the firm’s client, for over $376,000. The arbitrator subsequently increased the award to over $425,000 for attorney fees and costs. The firm&… Read More
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O'Brien Law Firm protects exploited H1-B visa worker at trial

On January 6, 2020, the O’Brien Law Firm represented an H-1B visa worker from India, who was being sued by Texas-based company Software Global, in a trial in Travis County Court-at-Law No. 2. It appears that Software Global has been engaging in… Read More
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O'Brien Law Firm obtains $347,000 judgment against a mobile device automation company

On October 4, 2019, the O’Brien Law Firm obtained a final judgment for an out-of-state client against a Texas-based mobile device automation company. O’Brien’s client was a former company VP who was denied his full compensation, inc… Read More
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O'Brien Law Firm wins $504,000 jury verdict for former company sales VP

On October 17, 2019, Kerry O’Brien, with the help of Lance Cawthon of Cawthon Law, P.L.L.C., won a $504,000 jury verdict against a company in favor of the company’s former VP of Business Development, in a Waco federal courtroom, after a t… Read More
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Federal court grants overtime claim notice to 145 Etech Global Services employees

On June 13, 2019, Judge Jane Boyle of the United States Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, granted the O’Brien Law Firm’s request (working with co-counsel Kay Goggin of the Goggin Law Firm of Dalla… Read More
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O'Brien Law Firm sues Brinqa LLC for unpaid commissions for 2 former employees

In April 2019, the O’Brien Law Firm sued Austin-based Brinqa LLC, a cybersecurity risk management company headed by Amad Fida and Hilda Perez, over allegations that Brinqa failed to pay these two former employees hundreds of thousands of dollar… Read More
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