Tim O'Brien

Who is Tim O'Brien?

Tim O’Brien is an attorney and an award-winning journalist whose achievements include covering the U.S. Supreme Court reporter for ABC News for more than 22 years. He is a recognized expert on the court, its justices, and the development of a generation of constitutional law. Following his tenure at ABC News, O’Brien served as the principal Washington correspondent for CNN’s Moneyline, the network’s flagship business program (2001-2003). O’Brien has also been named Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans (2005), Hofstra University School of Law in New York (2000), St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami (2001) and the Nova Southeastern University School of Law in Ft. Lauderdale (1999, 2002, 2004 and 2008.) O’Brien is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Active in the Washington legal community, he is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a former director of the American Judicature Society and a current board member of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest. A frequent lecturer on the Supreme Court and legal issues, he was the keynote speaker at the D.C. Judicial Circuit Conference at Williamsburg, Virginia in 2002.