Sunbury, PA

Michael J. O'Connor

Founder of O'Connor Law, Michael J. O'Connor has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer since 2001 and a Best Lawyer by US News & World Report since 2015. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has received an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He was named Chair of the Workers’ Compensation and Workplace Injury Section at the 2010 American Association for Justice.

Albert J. Evans

Albert (B.J.) Evans has devoted his entire legal career to obtaining the best results for his clients. For the past 25 years, Attorney Evans has gone into courtrooms throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey and obtained large monetary verdicts for his clients in civil cases. He has obtained numerous million dollar settlements and verdicts and been named a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Association. Among Attorney Evans’ recent successes, were a $23,000,000.00 settlement in a multiple fatality truck accident, close a $3,000,000.00 settlement in a motorcycle fatality, $1,200,000.00 verdict in Carbon County involving the death of a construction worker, a $1,700,000.00 settlement for a chemical worker who was burned and a $200,000.00 settlement for a mom who sustained a brain injury when a wheelchair lift malfunctioned.

Frederick J. Fanelli

Frederick J. Fanelli is Of Counsel at Fanelli, Evans & Patel, P.C. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for 10 years. His practice areas include Car Crashes, Nursing Home Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Dangerous Properties, and Defective Products.

Sudhir R. Patel

During the course of his 30-year legal career, Attorney Sud Patel has distinguished himself both inside and outside courtrooms across Pennsylvania. He is one of a handful of trial lawyers who have secured multiple million dollar-plus civil verdicts and settlements. Sud’s accomplishments as a skilled trial lawyer are highlighted by several million-dollar verdicts in Schuylkill and Berks County medical malpractice cases. He has also successfully litigated numerous construction cases to verdict. Beyond trial verdicts, year-after-year, he has secured numerous settlements for injured victims in car crash, truck crash, medical malpractice and nursing home neglect cases. His successes as a civil trial lawyer have earned him memberships in the national Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Thomas A. Archer

Tom Archer, Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, has over twenty-five years of experience in civil litigation, focusing on personal injury and commercial litigation. He has secured multiple million-dollar recoveries for clients and previously represented insurance companies, providing unique insight. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey state courts, and various U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated from Widener University School of Law and the University of Scranton.

James L. Goldsmith

James L. Goldsmith is a litigator with continuous practice since 1978, primarily representing professionals in negligence defense or license defense before the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs. He has extensive trial experience and provides legal expertise to professional trade associations. He has written and lectured extensively on real estate issues and taught real estate transactions at Widener University School of Law.

James J. Amato

Jim is a partner in the law firm of Fanelli, Evans & Patel, P.C. Jim dedicates his practice to representing the rights of injured victims in a variety of civil matters. Upon Jim joining the firm Jim secured a verdict of $512,000 in a trip and fall case in Luzurne County where the defense refused to acknowledge fault or make a reasonable offer to compensate the client for his injuries. During his time with the firm, Jim has successfully recovered millions of dollars for clients that suffered catastrophic injuries or death as a result of motor vehicle, construction, dram shop, premises liability, medical malpractice and work related accidents.