James M. Campbell

Jim is recognized by The Legal 500 as a Nationwide Leading Lawyer for Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense. Similarly, Chambers USA identifies Jim as a nationwide leading lawyer for product liability and Mass Torts.

He is listed as one of the Top 10 Most Highly Regarded Individuals in the United States for Products Liability Defense by the Who’s Who Legal. Jim is consistently included as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Products Liability Litigation – Defendants. Super Lawyers identify Jim as among the top 100 lawyers in Massachusetts and New England.

As reported by the Legal 500, Jim’s clients describe him as ‘one of the best’ in his field, an ‘outstanding trial lawyer who can grasp technical issues very quickly’ and ‘achieves tremendous results for his clients’.

Chambers USA writes: James Campbell is held in very high regard by market sources for his impressive trial capabilities. He is also commended for his keen eye for detail and frequently described as “spectacular,” “outstanding” and “persuasive.” “We trust him because of results; they speak for themselves. We’ve had nothing but defense verdicts!” report clients.

Who’s Who Legal says: “A very skilled trial lawyer”, who is considered “among the top 20 in the US”

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. is at the forefront of product liability litigation and has been defending products liability cases on a regular basis for over 30 years. As a result, companies know that when it’s a bet-the-company matter, Campbell Trial Lawyers delivers results.

Jury awards in the tens of millions are no longer unusual, making it increasingly attractive for individuals and groups to make claims against manufacturers of all types of products. When faced with the possibility of such immense damages, it is critical to retain litigators who are aggressive and relentless in defending the integrity of your products.

To achieve consistent successful outcomes, our lawyers immerse themselves in the issues, educate themselves on the latest developments in the field, and become thoroughly familiar with every relevant aspect of the case. Our wide ranging experience, coupled with the sheer number of cases we’ve tried, means that we have become experts in a number of different areas. Although widely recognized for the successful defense of automobiles and trucks, Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. has defended a broad range of products: from aerial lifts to water treatment facilities; consumer goods to industrial machinery; food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, firearms, escalators, freight and passenger elevators, scaffolding, ladders, farm implements, construction equipment, aircraft and aircraft components.

We are thoroughly familiar with cutting-edge issues in product liability litigation such as consumer warnings and instructions, issues involving mechanical, chemical, and electrical design and manufacture, metallurgy, hydraulics, vehicle dynamics, handling and stability components, occupant kinematics, anthropometrics, and biomechanics. In addition, the attorneys are regularly involved with most areas of medical practice and public health, including orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, internal medicine, pathology, toxicology, epidemiology and many others.

The firm presently acts as regional trial counsel in the northeast for major institutional clients in cases involving passenger vehicles and materials handling equipment, and as national trial counsel for other products liability clients. Recently, Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. achieved a significant win for the defense in the first motor vehicle case to go to trial where the claimed defect was the vehicle’s lack of an electronic stability control system.

In the course of our ongoing relationships with several international clients, we have been asked to present on product liability law and the challenges of conducting litigation in the United States to a diverse audience, including business professionals from Japan and Korea. Our lawyers hold leadership positions on product liability committees of professional organizations at both the state and national level.

Recognized both nationally and internationally for delivering results on high stakes, complex litigation throughout the United States, Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. will provide you with vigorous and aggressive representation to achieve success.

The definition of success varies with each client and with each case, and we make it a priority to understand your business goals in order to achieve outcomes that align with your strategy. Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. combines the power of a winning team with the agility to respond quickly and incisively to every problem.

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. has successfully tried hundreds of large-value, high-exposure, technically complex cases to verdict, on both a national and regional level, a number matched by only a select group of firms in the country. We are in the courtroom on a regular basis and unrelenting representation of our clients is second nature. When the stakes are high, you need attorneys with a voracious desire to deliver a win and a track record to back it up. You need Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C.