The Law Office of Christy O'Connor

The Law Office of Christy O’Connor is a criminal defense firm representing clients in federal and state criminal matters. The practice handles white collar investigations and prosecutions involving mail and wire fraud, healthcare fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, public corruption, bribery, money laundering, and crypto-related fraud. It also represents clients in grand jury proceedings, extradition matters, firearms and narcotics cases, violent crime charges, sex offenses, RICO matters, and large conspiracy cases.

The Law Office of Christy O’Connor is led by Christy O’Connor, a trial attorney with a 20-year legal career devoted to criminal defense. She earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law and a B.A. in History from Stanford University. Before entering public defense, she worked in the white collar practice group of an international law firm, representing individuals and corporations in prosecutions and internal investigations involving fraud and obstruction-related allegations.

The Law Office of Christy O’Connor draws on extensive federal trial experience developed during O’Connor’s 15 years with the Federal Public Defender’s Offices in Miami and Los Angeles. She handled hundreds of criminal cases, from misdemeanors to death penalty matters, and took at least 30 cases to trial. Her experience also includes litigating case-dispositive pretrial motions and working to narrow or dismiss potential charges before trial when the facts and law supported that result.

The Law Office of Christy O’Connor represents clients facing serious criminal exposure in matters that require careful strategy, courtroom preparation, and close attention to constitutional and procedural issues. O’Connor is admitted in California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and all four federal district courts in California. The firm combines white collar experience, federal public defense work, and trial advocacy to help clients navigate investigations, prosecutions, and other high-stakes criminal proceedings.