Cara O’Brien
Of Counsel
I love coming to work each day to achieve justice for my clients. I enjoy learning about my clients as well as staying up to date on the current legal and medical issues affecting their cases.
Cara O’Brien, of Counsel to The Yost Legal Group, has dedicated her legal career for over 15 years to representing and advocating for individuals who have been injured by the negligence of others in complex personal injury litigation.
Ms. O’Brien has extensive courtroom experience and has successfully represented hundreds of individuals injured through the negligence of others, obtaining millions of dollars for her clients and multiple seven-figure verdicts.
Over the years, attorney O’Brien has successfully tried multiple cases to verdict on behalf of her clients, including obtaining a verdict for over $5,000,000 on behalf of two clients. Ms. O’Brien has changed the lives of her clients through hundreds of six- and seven-figure settlements. She has also represented clients at both appellate levels.
Her compassionate yet aggressive approach to her cases allows her to obtain the best possible outcome for each client and build relationships with her clients that often continue after the case is resolved.
When she is not aggressively fighting on behalf of her clients, she enjoys spending time with her family, 3 children, and friends, running, and cheering on the Ravens and Orioles.
Professional Expertise
- Complex Personal Injury Litigation: Over 15 years of experience advocating for individuals injured by negligence.
- Specialized Litigation Domains: Childhood Lead Paint Poisoning and Lead-Based Paint Litigation, Institutional Childhood Sexual Abuse (pursuing civil claims and Title IX remedies).
- Appellate Practice: Represented clients at both appellate levels in Maryland.
- Trial Advocacy: Extensive courtroom experience, including securing multiple six- and seven-figure settlements and verdicts (notably a verdict exceeding $5,000,000 for two clients).
Education
- Law Degree: University of Maryland School of Law, Juris Doctor (J.D.), cum laude, 2007.
- Undergraduate: Loyola University Maryland, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Economics, minor in Mathematics, summa cum laude, 2004.
- Judicial Clerkship: Served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Stephen M. Waldron in the Circuit Court for Harford County.
Bar Admissions
- Maryland Bar
- Washington, D.C. Bar
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Memberships & Affiliations
- Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ) :
- Board of Governors / Past Co-Chair of the Women's Caucus
- Society of Women Trial Lawyers :
- Executive Board Member
- Maryland State Bar Association :
- Ethics Committee Member
- Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland :
- Peer Review Committee Member
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Baltimore City Bar Association
- Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Women's Bar Association of Maryland
- J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court
- Trial by Woman
Awards & Recognitions
- Maryland Super Lawyer (2023–2024)
- Maryland Super Lawyers Rising Star (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- The Daily Record's Power List: Top 25 Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice Attorneys
- The Daily Record's Leading Women Awardee (2019)