Professor O'Brien received his law degree from Fordham University School of
Law, where he was the editor-in-chief of the Fordham Law Review. Following his graduation
from law school, he was in private practice with the firm of Cahill, Gordon, Reindel and
Ohl in New York City, and was an Assistant Professor of Law at Syracuse University
College of Law. Professor O'Brien joined the Villanova faculty in 1965 and has
served as Dean of the Law School from 1972 to 1983. He also was the Director of the
Connelly Institute on Law and Mortality from 1983-84.
