• Seton Hall University – School of Law, Newark, New Jersey – J.D. 1972
• Seton Hall University – Newark, New Jersey – B.A. 1967 (Honors; Deans’ List)

• American Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Monmouth County Bar Association (Trustee, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President and President-Elect)
• Ocean County Bar Association
• Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services
  1976-1986 – (Trustee, Secretary, Treasurer)

The Honorable Thomas E. O’Brien, formerly a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County, rejoined Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf, P.C., on February 1, 2011.

During his more than 18 years on the bench, Judge O’Brien served as Presiding Judge of the Special Civil Part, Chancery Division-Probate Part and Civil Division. He presided over
hundreds of jury and non-jury trials and thousands of settlement and case management conferences. He also served in the Family Division for more than four years. As the Presiding Judge of the Civil Division, Judge O’Brien managed, settled and tried all civil case types, including but not limited to: automobile, personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance, construction, consumer fraud, employment/labor, business association dissolutions, environmental, probate, prerogative writs, contract/commercial transactions and real estate/tenancy.