Patrick O'Hara

Patrick O’Hara is a Texas trial lawyer whose personal values and courtroom skill converge in his work for clients facing life-altering injuries, wrongful death, and corporate misconduct. Licensed in Texas, California, and Louisiana, O’Hara began his career at the Lanier Law Firm. There, he gained rapid trial experience — becoming lead counsel in high-stakes asbestos and product liability cases before age 30.

O’Hara now leads O’Hara Law Firm in Houston. His approach is marked by a deep ethical compass and a client-first ethos. He’s known to waive fees when settlement funds fall short of covering his injured clients’ real needs — especially children. “I truly love people,” he says. “And I really want this world to be a better place because I was in it.”

He brings courtroom precision, but also emotional insight — especially after fostering and later adopting the four children of a terminally ill legal assistant. His litigation track record includes victories in mesothelioma and wrongful death cases, including a custody trial involving the alleged murder of a young mother, where he helped prove — through forensic and ballistic evidence — that the death wasn’t suicide. The result kept the children safe, and the appellate court upheld the outcome.

A former salutatorian and summa cum laude graduate of Pepperdine Law, O’Hara was the first law student hired directly by Lanier out of school. Still, he views his impact less through accolades and more through the lives he’s helped reshape.