Sean O'Brien focuses his practice on labor and employment matters.
Prior to joining Littler, Sean was a litigation attorney at a Germantown, Tennessee, law firm where he focused on construction and consumer protection litigation as part of a general litigation practice. Sean's practice included appellate work in the Tennessee Court of Appeals and an application for a writ to the Tennessee Supreme Court. He also served as that firm’s human resource director and information technology coordinator.
During law school, Sean was the symposium editor for The University of Memphis Law Review. He externed for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and clerked for the Tennessee attorney general and the Shelby County attorney's office. His student note, The Highly Sensitive Person’s Redress for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: Utilizing Experts in the Court Room, was published and awarded Best Student Note, Runner Up in 2019.