Attorney at Law  ·  Est. 2003

Paul F. O'Reilly

New York  ·  New Jersey

Two decades of complex litigation and appellate advocacy on behalf of businesses, professionals, and individuals.

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About the Practice

A focused practice in complex litigation and appellate advocacy.

For more than twenty years, Paul F. O'Reilly has represented sophisticated business clients and individual plaintiffs across a broad spectrum of high-stakes disputes in the state and federal courts of New York and New Jersey.

The practice is grounded in business litigation, with deep experience advising companies in the robotics, software, media, reconstruction, antiques, restaurant, and food industries through complex commercial disputes. Beyond the corporate sphere, the firm has counseled prominent social media influencers, fashion designers, and employees navigating disputes in the pharmaceutical and refractories sectors.

Mr. O'Reilly also serves individual clients in a diverse range of personal injury and mass tort matters, including the Roundup, Zantac, and AFFF Multi-District Litigations.

Areas of Practice

Counsel across the litigation lifecycle.

From pre-suit strategy through trial and appeal, the firm provides considered, results-oriented representation in matters that demand both technical command of the law and a steady commercial perspective.

— I

Business Litigation

Representation of corporate clients in complex commercial disputes spanning robotics, software, media, reconstruction, antiques, hospitality, and the broader food industry.

— II

Appellate Advocacy

Briefing and argument before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, with particular attention to preservation of issues from the trial record.

— III

Personal Injury & Mass Tort

Counsel for individual claimants in significant Multi-District Litigations, including matters involving Roundup, Zantac, and AFFF firefighting foam exposures.

— IV

Professional & Industry Counsel

Advising social media influencers, fashion designers, and employees in pharmaceutical and refractories matters on disputes that intersect with reputation, contract, and industry-specific regulation.

Representative Matters

Selected industries and clients.

The matters below illustrate the breadth of industries and circumstances in which the firm has provided counsel. Specific case names and outcomes are available upon request, subject to applicable confidentiality obligations.

  • i. Corporate ClientsRobotics, software, and media companies in commercial and intellectual-property–adjacent disputes.
  • ii. Hospitality & FoodRestaurants, food-industry suppliers, and reconstruction firms in contract and operational disputes.
  • iii. Creative IndustriesAntiques dealers, fashion designers, and prominent social media influencers in commercial and personal disputes.
  • iv. Employment MattersEmployees in the pharmaceutical and refractories industries on a range of workplace and post-employment claims.
  • v. Mass Tort & MDLIndividual clients in the Roundup, Zantac, and AFFF Multi-District Litigation matters.
Background

Education & admissions.

Education i.

  • Syracuse University College of Law Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude — 2003
    Moot Court Honor Society
  • Boston University Bachelor of Arts
  • Judicial Internships Hon. Donald W. de Cordova, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey (2001)
    Hon. Elijah L. Miller, Jr., J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey (2002)

Bar Admissions ii.

  • State of New York Admitted to practice
  • State of New Jersey Admitted to practice
  • U.S. District Courts S.D.N.Y. · E.D.N.Y.
    District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals Second Circuit
    Third Circuit
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Get in Touch

Discuss your matter.

Inquiries are welcome. Please direct correspondence to the address below; all communications are reviewed personally.

paul@oreilly.esq
Telephone (917) 387-3630
Facsimile (917) 388-3650