Eugene J. O’Connor

• New York

• Acted as counsel for the responsible party in numerous oil pollution incidents, including many of the largest OPA ’90 cases, such as: GENMAR PROGRESS (2007) in Puerto Rico; the ATHOS I (2004) in Philadelphia; ANTHEA Y (2003) in New York; the DREDGE STUYVESANT (1999) in California; the ANITRA (1997) in New Jersey; the NORTH CAPE (1996) in Rhode Island; and the B-155 (1993) in Tampa Bay; also claims by responsible parties to the National Pollution Fund Center
• Served as counsel on serious coral damage cases in Puerto Rico, Florida, Hawaii and U.S. Pacific Territories, including the MELL SENTOSA in Micronesia (2011); the PORT STEWART (2009), the MATTHEW (2009), the MARGARA (2006), and the FORTUNA REEFER (1997) in Puerto Rico; the ATC 350 (1998) in Florida; and the VOGETRADER (2010) and CAPE FLATTERY (2005) in Hawaii
• Acted as counsel in a number of major marine casualties, including the MSC FLAMINIA (explosion and fire in the Atlantic, 2012); the NEW DELHI EXPRESS (grounding in NY harbor, 2006); the RICKMERS GENOA (collision and fire, South China Sea, 2005); the ATHOS I (allision with abandoned anchor in Delaware River, 2004); the DSV MR. SONNY (anchor drag in L. I. Sound, 2002); the NEW CARISSA ( wreck on Oregon coast, 1999); the BRIGHT FIELD (allision in New Orleans, 1996); the RECIFE (fire in the Atlantic, 1991); and the DAMODAR TANABE (fire in the Pacific, 1985)

• Panelist, “Current Issues in US Casualty Investigations and Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Expectations in the Post-“Deep Water Horizon” Environment,” MLA Marine Torts and Casualties Committee Spring 2015 Meeting, April 29, 2015
• Presenter, “Multi-Modal Carrier Liability Limits Post-Kirby,” Borden, Ladner Gervais Annual Maritime Law Seminar, Montreal, Canada, December 2008

• Noted in, “Law360’s Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs,” Law360, April 2020
• Co-author, “$73M Judgment in Maritime Case Upheld by SCOTUS,” March 2020
• Noted in, “Justices Won’t Let Citgo Off Hook For $133M Oil Spill,” Law360, March 2020
• Author, “Recent Verdict on Bunker Spill Case Brings Clarity to Third-Party Fault and Limitation of Liability Defense,” Ship & Bunker, December 2017
• Author, “The Saga of the Athos I Litigation Continues: Recent Decision on Safe Berth Warranty and Wharfinger’s Negligence,” The Charterers P&I Club Newsletter, January 2017
• Quoted in, “US environment agency targets higher civil ECA fines,” TradeWinds, January 2015
• Quoted in, “Deepwater Horizon ruling puts focus on prevention,” TradeWinds, September 2014
• Co-author, “Stepped Up Enforcement in the North American ECA: August 2014 Update,” Legal Briefing, August 2014
• Co-author, “Legal Implications of Coral Reef Damage in the United States,” Gard News, Issue No. 183, August/October 2006
• Co-author, “The Fire Defenses Under U.S. Law,” Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, January 2002

• The Best Lawyers in America© – Admiralty and Maritime Law, 2022, 2023
• Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers Guide, Transportation: Shipping: Litigation, 2021-2022

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• American Bar Association
• Maritime Law Association of the United States
• Connecticut Maritime Association
• Chair of the Zoning and Appeals Board for the Village of Plandome Heights

Law School

• Fordham University School of Law

Undergraduate School

• College of the Holy Cross