Firm Overview

A Lexington Law Firm Committed to High Standards

Since 1988, Garmer & O'Brien, LLP and its predecessor firm have been located at the Opera House Office Building on Broadway in Lexington, Kentucky. The firm has dedicated its practice exclusively to litigation, primarily civil litigation on behalf of people who have been injured or the families of people who have died as a result of the negligence of another person or corporation.

Partners Bill Garmer and Steve O’Brien, with nearly sixty years of experience between them, have earned AV^® peer review ratings from Martindale-Hubbell*. In addition, Bill Garmer has been listed in the Best Lawyers of America since 1987 and Who’s Who in American Law since 1990, and is a past recipient of the Kentucky Justice Association's “Trial Lawyer of the Year” award.

Our lawyers have also held influential positions within national legal organizations, such as the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Association for Justice, and the Kentucky Justice Association. We serve the attorneys of the future as adjunct professors at the University of Kentucky College of Law, teaching classes in litigation skills and medical liability law. And we serve our fellow attorneys by leading a variety of Continuing Legal Education seminars in Kentucky and around the country.

*Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories -- legal ability and general ethical standards. CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies.