Christopher O'Shaughnessy
25 years of commitment to legal problem solving and effective advocacy.Christopher T. O’Shaughnessy is an attorney and the founder of The O’Shaughnessy Law Firm. For almost 25 years and with big law firm experience, Chris has served construction, real estate, business, sports, and entertainment clients as a counselor and litigator, and has handled cases all over the United States, most notably the post-9/11 World Trade Center/Deutsche Bank litigation in New York City with over $600 million in potential exposure and billions of dollars of lower Manhattan redevelopment. He has negotiated deals for, handled claims arising from, and litigated, arbitrated, and mediated disputes associated with hundreds of projects. Chris lectures frequently across the United States regarding sports and business litigation and construction law, and has been published numerous times including as an author of Baldwin’s Ohio Construction Law Manual. He was an instructor at The Ohio State University School of Architecture, teaching architectural students about the Principals of Construction Law. He is an advisor to the Association of General Contractors of Ohio and the Independent Electrical Contractors, and a regular speaker at the AGC of Ohio’s Annual Convention. He has been honored as an Ohio Super Lawyer, Business First of Central Ohio Magazine’s Top Lawyers, Columbus CEO Magazine’s Top Lawyers, a Fellow to the Columbus Bar Foundation, and a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He is a graduate of the IADC Trial Academy at Stanford University Law School in Palo Alto, California. Chris has served as Chairman of the Board of After-School All-Stars Ohio since 2013 and sat with founder and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the National Board of After-School All-Stars in Los Angeles, California. He resides in New Albany, Ohio.
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- General Civil
- Free Consultation
- Ohio
- Supreme Court of Ohio Office of Attorney Services
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- 6th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
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- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
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- English
- Founding and Managing Member. Attorney and Counselor.
- O'Shaughnessy Law Firm, LLC
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- Partner
- Hahn, Loeser & Parks
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- Partner
- Welin, O'Shaughnessy + Scheaf LLC
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- Firm Merged with McDonald Hopkins
- Partner
- Thompson Hine
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- Partner, Associate, and Law Clerk
- Lane, Alton & Horst
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- Capital University Law School
- J.D (1997) | Law
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- Honors: CALI Award for Professional Responsibility Moot Court Board Judge
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- Ohio State University - Columbus
- B.A. (1993) | Political Science with English minor
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- Super Lawyer
- Ohio Super Lawyers
- 10 time Ohio Super Lawyer and three time Rising Star
- Super Lawyer
- Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Ohio Super Lawyers
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Attorney
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- Columbus Bar Foundation
- Member
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- Builders Exchange of Central Ohio
- Member
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- New Albany, Ohio Chamber of Commerce
- Member
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- Columbus Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: Fellow, Columbus Bar FoundationAmerican Bar AssociationOhio State Bar AssociationColumbus Bar Association, Construction Law CommitteeDefense Research Institute- Construction Law CommitteeBuilders' Exchange of Central Ohio
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- Associated General Contractors of Ohio
- Associate Member
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- Baldwin’s Ohio Construction Law Manual
- Baldwin
- Contributing editor- Baldwin's Ohio Practice
- Banks-Baldwin West Group
- Foreword author and editor- The ePolicy Handbook: designing and implementing effective E-mail, Internet and software policies
- New York: Amacon
- Risk Sharing in Construction & a Case Study on Mediation, Annual Convention, Charleston, South Carolina
- Associated General Contractors of Ohio
- Covid, Claims, and Contract Negotiations in Ohio, AGC of Ohio Annual Conference, Key Largo, FL
- Associated General Contractors of Ohio
- Construction Defects and Insurer’s Rejection of Claims, AGC of Ohio Annual Convention, Sanibel, FL
- Associated General Contractors of Ohio
- Killer Clauses in Construction Agreements, Annual Convention, Costa Rica
- Associated General Contractors of Ohio
- Defective Work, Delays, and Change, Annual Convention, Maui, HI
- Associated General Contractors of Ohio
- Website
- O'Shaughnessy Law Firm Website
