Civil Litigation

Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O'Brien, LLC has a well-deserved reputation as aggressive civil litigators. We are prepared to take a case to trial or up on appeal. Our litigators recognize that at times, it is in the client’s best interest to settle a case in a favorable way for the client. Being trial ready is the best way to settle a case. We prepare to win.

Personal Injury Litigation
We have vigorously represented individuals who have been injured or killed as a result of another’s fault in a variety of cases:
- motor vehicle accidents
- slip and fall accidents
- construction accidents
- premises accidents
- product defects
- assaults and battery
- dog bites

Some recent examples of cases handled successfully by our Litigation Department are:
- an electrician who fell 25 feet from a ladder which did not have the appropriate safety equipment
- a pedestrian struck and killed by a bus while crossing the street
- a person assaulted in an elevator of a cooperative apartment

Employment Litigation
We have represented both employees and employers in employment disputes and have an enhanced ability to analyze and evaluate both sides of employment disputes. This perspective has allowed us to render valuable assistance to terminated employees negotiating severance packages as well as employers who are hiring or firing employees. Cases actively litigated by attorneys of the firm have involved:
- sex discrimination
- age discrimination
- race discrimination
- disability and pregnancy discrimination
- retaliation claims
- Fair Labor Standards Act (overtime claims)
- sexual harassment, hostile environment
- retirement related claims.

The firm has also counseled clients in negotiating employment agreements to assist them in obtaining the best possible opportunity and alerting them to potential competitive problems in the future with non-compete and non-solicitation clauses.

Real Estate Litigation
We have litigated for clients in connection with residential and commercial real estate disputes. Representative cases include:
- claims of adverse possession in a boundary line dispute
- owner versus life tenant disputes
- commercial tenant breach of contract claims
- brokerage commission cases