O’Brien Law Firm

O’Brien Law Firm is an Austin, Texas employment law firm representing employees, executives, and independent contractors in compensation and contract disputes. The firm serves clients in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and other areas of Texas. Its work focuses on helping clients recover unpaid salary, commissions, bonuses, executive compensation, equity, and overtime. Clients seek the firm’s guidance when employers deny earned pay, dispute contract obligations, or create uncertainty around compensation rights.

O’Brien Law Firm approaches each matter with a focused mission to improve the client’s situation while pursuing the compensation owed for valuable work. The firm evaluates each case with attention to legal rights, leverage, career concerns, reputation, and the practical effect of each available option. Its process includes an initial case review, careful analysis, and strategic representation designed to give clients clear direction. This approach helps clients make informed decisions in difficult employment compensation disputes.

O’Brien Law Firm handles employee compensation matters involving unpaid commissions and bonuses, unpaid overtime, executive compensation and equity, severance agreements, non-compete agreements, TWC wage claims, and employment contract concerns. The firm also provides short-term consultation services for employment agreements and, when appropriate, proposed severance agreements. Attorney Kerry V. O’Brien brings experience as a former Texas Assistant Attorney General, Texas Workforce Commission hearing officer, city prosecutor, and assistant city attorney, providing the firm with practical insight into employment disputes and wage-claim proceedings.

O’Brien Law Firm is led by Kerry V. O’Brien, who founded the firm in 2008 and has been board-certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2016. He has also been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer from 2023 through 2026. In most cases involving compensation owed to a client, the firm handles matters on a contingency-fee basis. By combining focused experience, preparation, and client-centered guidance, O’Brien Law Firm provides strong representation for Texas workers pursuing earned compensation.