Brian O’Dwyer is a senior partner in the law firm of O’Dwyer & Bernstien, a medium sized litigation firm in New York City, concentrating in Labor Law, Employee Benefit Funds, Personal Injury, Government Representation, Civil Rights, and Immigration Rights. He was cited by both the National Law Journal and the Legal Times as having the highest personal injury award of $61 million in the United States.

Mr. O’Dwyer has served as Counsel to the Department of Community Affairs of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and serves as Counsel to the Benefit Fund of the Newspaper Guild of New York - The New York Times, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, New York District Council of Carpenters, Service Employees Local 74, as well as other ERISA funds. He is a regular commentator on legal issues for Fox TV, Court TV, and CNBC. He is a member of the Board of the Charles Lawrence Keith and Clara Miller Foundation, which funds Civil Rights and Immigration Rights groups.

He has been cited for his efforts on behalf of the people of Puerto Rico as well as by the Governor of Puerto Rico and was made Honorary Grand Marshal of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in 1993. Mr. O’Dwyer has been chosen by “Irish America” magazine as a member of the “Top 100” Irish in the United States. He is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award and the Outreach Project Annual Service Award.

He received the New York City Council Spirit of New York Award for his work in bringing New York’s ethnic community together.

In July 2000, Mr. O’Dwyer received papal honors when he was named a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, conferred by Archbishop Edward Egan of New York. In January 2001 he was awarded the Director's Citation for exemplary Public Service by the Office of Personnel Management, United States and Government, citing his work as Commissioner on the President's Commission on
White House Fellowships.

Education

Graduate of George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts

Masters in Spanish from Middlebury College in Madrid

Juris Doctor Degree from Georgetown University

Masters in Law from George Washington University

Achievements

Commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights

Member of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Committee

National Co-Chairman in 1992 and 1996 of Irish-Americans for Clinton-Gore

Commissioner of President’s Commission on the White House Fellowships

Selected for inclusion in “Who is Who in American Law" and “Who is Who in American Education”

Past Worthy Grand Master of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity

Contact Information

bodwyer@odblaw.com